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| grunt [ grunt ] |
verb (past and past participle grunt·ed, present participle grunt·ing, 3rd person present singular grunts) |
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1. intransitive verb make noise of pig: to make the half-nasal, half-throaty noise that a pig makes
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2. transitive and intransitive verb say something in throaty burst: to make a deep sound in the throat as an annoyed, half-hearted, or inattentive response to what somebody has said, or to indicate or say something in this way
  He grunted in acknowledgment of my greeting.
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noun (plural grunts) |
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1. noise of pig: a half-nasal, half-throaty noise that a pig makes, or a vocal sound that resembles it
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2. somebody doing menial tasks: a worker who does menial tasks
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slang
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3. sea fish: a bony fish that grunts when taken out of the water. Native to: warm and tropical oceans. Family Pomadasyidae.
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| [ Old English grunettan< Indo-European] |
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| grunt·er noun |
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