grunt

See also: Grunt and grünt

English

Etymology

From Middle English grunten, from Old English grunnettan (“to grunt”), from Proto-Germanic *grunnatjaną (“to grunt”), frequentative of Proto-Germanic *grunnōną (“to grunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrun- (“to shout”). Cognate with German grunzen (“to grunt”), Danish grynte (“to grunt”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɹʌnt/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌnt

Noun

grunt (plural grunts)

  1. A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
  2. The snorting cry of a pig.
  3. Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae.
  4. A person who does ordinary and boring work.
  5. (United States Army and Marine Corps slang) An infantry soldier. (From the verb, just like all the other senses.[1])
  6. (slang) The amount of power of which a vehicle is capable.
    • 1992, Autocar & Motor (volume 192, page 61)
      The engine might not possess quite as much grunt as the later 24v six, but it delivers invigorating performance […]
    • 2006, Torque (February 2006, page 56)
      With this much grunt, it is surprising that the engine is relatively quiet.
  7. (Canada, US) A dessert of steamed berries and dough, usually blueberries; blueberry grunt.

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Verb

grunt (third-person singular simple present grunts, present participle grunting, simple past and past participle grunted)

  1. (intransitive, of a person) To make a grunt or grunts.
    • Shakespeare
      to grunt and sweat under a weary life
  2. (intransitive, of a pig) To make a grunt or grunts.
  3. (intransitive, Britain, slang) To break wind; to fart.
    Who just grunted?

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References

  1. ↑ “grunt” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

grunt

  1. neuter singular of grunn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

grunt

  1. neuter singular of grunn

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Grund.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrunt/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

grunt m inan

  1. (construction, geology) soil
  2. ground (the bottom of a body of water)

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Grund.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrûnt/

Noun

grȕnt m (Cyrillic spelling гру̏нт)

  1. (regional) plot of land, lot

Declension

Swedish

Adjective

grunt

  1. absolute indefinite neuter form of grund.

Adverb

grunt

  1. shallowly
    gentemot såväl grundt rationalistiska som känslosamt svärmiska religiösa riktningar.
    towards both shallowly rationalistic and emotionally fanatical religious tendencies.
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