grunt
has definitions from the field of zoology
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[ verb ] issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise
Examples "He grunted his reluctant approval" Used in print (Leon Uris, Mila 8....)He grunted a sort_of `` yes '' answer . (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)Sometimes he would grunt softly to some invisible onlooker beside him , sometimes he would look stern and moralistic as his pencil did what he disapproved . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the short low gruff noise of the kind made by pigs
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[ noun ] an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker
Examples "infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts" "he went from grunt to chairman in six years" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (zoology) medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter a grunting sound when caught
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