grunt

Oznaczający (Angielski)

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. (slang) An infantry soldier.
6. (slang) The amount of power of which a vehicle is capable.
7. A dessert of steamed berries and dough, usually blueberries; blueberry grunt.

Verb

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

Synonimy

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

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/ɡɹʌnt/

Etymologia (Angielski)

Dziedziczone z średnioangielski: grunten

Dziedziczone z staroangielski: grunnettan

Pokrewny z niemiecki: grunzen

Pokrewny z duński: 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.