See Also: Grunt(medicine)
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grunt(1) (iou)



grunt noun & adjective. M16.
[from the verb.]
A. noun.
A low guttural sound made esp. by pigs; a similar sound made by humans to indicate approval or disapproval. Formerly also, a groan. M16.
Dickens With a deprecatory grunt, the jackal again complied. B. Emecheta He..answered their questions with grunts.
Any of numerous tropical marine fishes of the family Haemulidae, which produce a grunting sound by grinding together the pharyngeal teeth; esp. (a) (more fully blue-striped grunt) Haemulon sciurus, (b) (more fully French grunt) H. flavolineatus. Cf. GRUNTER 2. L17.
a. A junior assistant to a worker on electricity or telephone lines; gen. an unskilled or low-ranking assistant, a dogsbody. US slang. E20.
b. An infantry soldier. slang (orig. US). M20.
Times Literary Supplement The first Vietnamese film to try and tell the story like it was for the ordinary American grunt.
Mechanical power, esp. of (part of) a motor vehicle. colloq. L20.
Phrases: grumble and grunt: see GRUMBLE noun 2.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of an occupation or task: suitable for a low-ranking worker, menial, tedious. colloq. L20.