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Webster 1913 Edition

Grunt

Grunt

(grŭnt)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Grunted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Grunting
.]
[OE.
grunten
; akin to As.
grunian
, G.
grunzen
, Dan.
grynte
, Sw.
grymta
; all prob. of imitative; or perh. akin to E.
groan
.]
To make a deep, short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groan or a deep guttural sound.
Who would fardels bear,
To
grunt
and sweat under a weary life.
Shakespeare
Grunting ox
(Zool.)
,
the yak.

Grunt

(grŭnt)
,
Noun.
1.
A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog.
2.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of American food fishes, of the genus
Haemulon
, allied to the snappers, as, the black grunt (
Haemulon Plumieri
), and the redmouth grunt (
Haemulon aurolineatus
), of the Southern United States; – also applied to allied species of the genera
Pomadasys
,
Orthopristis
, and
Pristopoma
. Called also
pigfish
,
squirrel fish
, and
grunter
; – so called from the noise it makes when taken.

Webster 1828 Edition

Grunt

GRUNT

,
Verb.
I.
[L. grunnio; Heb. to cry out, to murmur.]
To murmur like a hog; to utter a short groan or a deep guttural sound.

GRUNT

,
Noun.
A deep guttural sound, as a hog.

Definition 2024

Grunt

Grunt

See also: grunt

Plautdietsch

Noun

Grunt m ‎(plural Jrind)

  1. foundation, base, bottom, ground
  2. motive

Derived terms

  • Gruntjedanke
  • Gruntloag
  • gruntloos
  • Gruntloot
  • Gruntsauts
  • Gruntschool
  • Gruntsteen
  • Gruntsopp
  • Grunttoon

grunt

grunt

See also: Grunt and grünt

English

Noun

grunt ‎(plural grunts)

  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. (United States Army and Marine Corps slang) An infantry soldier. (From the verb, just like all the other senses.[1])
  6. (slang) The amount of power of which a vehicle is capable.
    • 1992, Autocar & Motor (volume 192, page 61)
      The engine might not possess quite as much grunt as the later 24v six, but it delivers invigorating performance […]
    • 2006, Torque (February 2006, page 56)
      With this much grunt, it is surprising that the engine is relatively quiet.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

grunt ‎(third-person singular simple present grunts, present participle grunting, simple past and past participle grunted)

  1. (intransitive, of a person) To make a grunt or grunts.
    • Shakespeare
      to grunt and sweat under a weary life‎
  2. (intransitive, of a pig) To make a grunt or grunts.
  3. (intransitive, Britain, slang) To break wind; to fart.
    Who just grunted?‎

Translations

References

  1. ↑ “grunt” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

grunt

  1. neuter singular of grunn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

grunt

  1. neuter singular of grunn

Polish

Etymology

Borrowing from German Grund.

Pronunciation

Noun

grunt m inan

  1. (construction, geology) soil
  2. ground (the bottom of a body of water)

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowing from German Grund.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrûnt/

Noun

grȕnt m ‎(Cyrillic spelling гру̏нт)

  1. (regional) plot of land, lot

Declension

Swedish

Adjective

grunt

  1. absolute indefinite neuter form of grund.

Adverb

grunt

  1. shallowly
    gentemot såväl grundt rationalistiska som känslosamt svärmiska religiösa riktningar.‎
    towards both shallowly rationalistic and emotionally fanatical religious tendencies.

Etymology

From Middle English grunten, from Old English grunnettan ‎(“to grunt”), 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”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɹʌnt/
  • Rhymes: -ʌnt

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