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1. grunt
verb. ['ˈgrʌnt'] issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise.
Antonyms
Etymology
- grunten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- grunnettan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Rhymes with Grunt
- vanbrunt
- confront
- affront
- stunt
- klundt
- glunt
- front
- brunt
- blunt
- sundt
- shunt
- runte
- punt
- pundt
- munt
- mundt
- lunt
- lundt
- jundt
- hunte
- hunt
- hundt
- cunt
- bunte
- bunt
Sentences with grunt
1. Noun, singular or mass
You can advise and consult, but your job is not to do the grunt work.
Quotes about grunt
1. Anyone can speak Troll. All you have to do is point and grunt.
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2. I’ll make Goyle do lines, it’ll kill him, he hates writing,” said Ron happily. He lowered his voice to Goyle’s low grunt and, screwing up his face in a look of pained concentration, mimed writing in midair. “I... must... not... look... like... a... baboon’s... backside.
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
3. He who writes well runs the civilization. Everyone else does the grunt work.
- Kenneth W. Harl
2. grunt-hoot
verb. communicate by hooting and grunting, as of primates.
3. grunt
noun. ['ˈgrʌnt'] the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- grunten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- grunnettan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
4. grunt
noun. ['ˈgrʌnt'] an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker.
Antonyms
Etymology
- grunten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- grunnettan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
5. grunt
noun. ['ˈgrʌnt'] medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught.
Synonyms
- pompon
- Haemulon aurolineatum
- porkfish
- Haemulon macrostomum
- Haemulon malanurum
- pigfish
- Orthopristis chrysopterus
- tomtate
- cottonwick
- Spanish grunt
- percoid fish
- Anisotremus virginicus
- pork-fish
- margate
- Haemulon parra
- sailor's-choice
- percoid
- Anisotremus surinamensis
- Haemulidae
- sailors choice
- hogfish
- family Haemulidae
- Haemulon album
- black margate
Etymology
- grunten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- grunnettan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))