 grunt |
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| 1. | [ verb ] issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise | |
| Examples: | "He grunted his reluctant approval" |
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| Related terms: | utter | |
| 2. | [ noun ] the short low gruff noise of the kind made by pigs | |
| Related terms: | noise | |
| 3. | [ noun ] an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker | |
| Examples: | "infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts" "he went from grunt to chairman in six years" |
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| Related terms: | unskilled_person | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (zoology) medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter a grunting sound when caught | |
| Related terms: | percoid_fish Spanish_grunt porkfish tomtate cottonwick sailor's-choice margate pompon pigfish Haemulidae | |
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gruntle grunter grant grunting granth Granata Granato granite granted grantee grantor granter Grunden Grantham granitic grind Grand Grund Grundman Grundy Granda Grande Grandi Grandy ground grinder grandpa grandma grandly grandee Granado grandad Grondin Grindle Grenada grenade grounds Granada |
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