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grunt
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[ɡrʌnt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- (of an animal, especially a pig) make a low, short guttural sound
(e.g: an enormous pig grunted and shuffled in a sty outside)
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Origin
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Old English grunnettan, of Germanic origin and related to German grunzen; probably originally imitative
[ɡrʌnt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a low, short guttural sound made by an animal or a person
(e.g: with snorts and grunts the animals were coaxed down the ramp)
- a low-ranking soldier or unskilled worker
(e.g: he went from grunt to senior executive vice president in five years)
- mechanical power, especially in a motor vehicle
(e.g: what the big wagon needs is grunt, and the turbo does the business)
- an edible shoaling fish of tropical coasts and coral reefs, able to make a loud noise by grinding its teeth and amplifying the sound in the swim bladder
Phrases:
Origin
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Old English grunnettan, of Germanic origin and related to German grunzen; probably originally imitative
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