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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
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.
To murmur like a hog; to utter a short groan or a deep guttural sound.
GRUNT
,Noun.