grunt
To make a grunt or gruntsTo make a grunt or grunts.
» Tom grunted approvingly.
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2 senses(intransitive)To make a grunt or grunts.
grunzen, grunzen
ворча́тьvorčátʹ, бурча́тьburčátʹ, хрю́катьxrjúkatʹ
(UK, intransitive, slang)To break wind; to fart.
Who just grunted?
- issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise
Examples
23 sentencesTranslations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English grunten, from Old English grunnettan (“to grunt”), from Proto-West GerFrom 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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Forms
grunts, grunting, grunted, gruntedWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.