grunt

Meaning

Noun

1. A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
2. The snorting cry of a pig.
3. Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae.
4. A person who does ordinary and boring work.
5. (US, slang) An infantry soldier.
6. (slang) The amount of power of which a vehicle is capable.
7. (Canada, US) A dessert of steamed berries and dough, usually blueberries; blueberry grunt.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To make a grunt or grunts.
2. (intransitive) To make a grunt or grunts.
3. (UK, intransitive, slang) To break wind; to fart.

Synonyms

grumble

growl

groan

oink

snort

moan

of a pig

grunting

roar

rumble

snore

hem

snarl

coo

mutter

nag

complaint

numble

tomtate

sigh

album

chatter

sound

🔉

squeal

whimper

whine

whir

whistle

talk loudly

bastard margaret

corocoro

corocoro grunt

growler

corocoro queche

jabber

hum

kvetch

Translations

grogner

grunzen

gruñir

grognement

grugnire

grugnito

knorren

gruñido

Grunzer

homurtu

γρυλλισμός

γρυλλίζω

grunhir

grom

grommeler

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɹʌnt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: grunten

Inherited from Old English: grunnettan

Cognate with German: grunzen

Cognate with Danish: grynte

In summary

From Middle English grunten, from Old English grunnettan (“to grunt”), from Proto-West Germanic *grunnattjan, from Proto-Germanic *grunnatjaną (“to grunt”), frequentative of Proto-Germanic *grunnōną (“to grunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrun- (“to shout”).
Cognate with German grunzen (“to grunt”), Danish grynte (“to grunt”). The noun senses are all instances of zero derivation from the verb.