grunt

Nouns

  • (n) the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs oink,
  • (n) an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker
    • infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts
    • he went from grunt to chairman in six years
  • (n) medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught

Verbs

  • (v) issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise
    • He grunted his reluctant approval

Synonyms

oink

Words of close approximity

grub Grus
gruel gruff grume grump
grunter grunt-hoot gruntle