noun · rare

grunt

grunt · grunts

лакей, холуй, прихвостень

ворчание, хрюканье, бурчание

Grunzer, Stöhnen, Grunzen, Handlanger

A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is…A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.

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/ɡɹʌnt/

» Tom grunted approvingly.

Meaning

7 senses

A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
Grunzer, Stöhnen
ворча́ниеvorčánije, бурча́ниеburčánije
The snorting cry of a pig.
Grunzen
хрю́каньеxrjúkanʹje
Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae.
Grunzer
A person who does ordinary and boring work.
Hucker, Handlanger, Hilfsarbeiter
(US, slang)An infantry soldier.
Frontschwein, Landser
(slang)The amount of power of which a vehicle is capable.
Wumms, Pfeffer
(Canada, US)A dessert of steamed berries and dough, usually blueberries; blueberry grunt.

More definitions

medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught
the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker

Examples

23 sentences

Tom grunted approvingly.
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Tom was grunting.
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What do you expect from a pig but a grunt.
Свиню пусти під стіл, а вона лізе на стіл.
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Did you hear that pig grunting?
deHast du das Schwein grunzen gehört?
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Wild boars grunt in the meadow.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

short, snorting sound:

cry of a pig:

Deutsch

By meaning 5

short, snorting sound:

cry of a pig:

a person who does ordinary and boring work:

an infantry soldier:

(slang) the amount of power of which a vehicle is capable:

Origin

From Middle English grunten, from Old English grunnettan (“to grunt”), from Proto-West Ger

From Middle English grunten, from Old English grunnettan (“to grunt”), from Proto-West Germanic *grunnattjan, from Proto-Germanic *grunnatjaną (“to grunt”), frequentative of Proto-Germanic *grunnōną (“to grunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrun- (“to shout”).

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