grunt
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7.0
- noun
- /ɡrʌnt/
- Offensive
:
soldado raso (despectivo, militar)
- He spent the summer doing grunt work, preparing the fields for planting crops.
- grunt work
I just love the lifestyle, the infantry grunt stuff and being a leader of grunts, right?
- I just love the lifestyle, the infantry grunt stuff and being a leader of grunts, right?
- And so while writing during the day and very tired at night from these humbling, like, grunt jobs, Joe meets someone who decides to take him under his wing.
- And like the guy, like you said, the grunt that was patrolling in daylight that lost half his platoon and then now lost the other half to suicide.
- And it's a lot of grunt work, OK, But I'm sure you can do it.
- Now the Lord's role in that is quite crucial because we do the grunt work for the government.
- But yeah, I think you develop those skills doing grunt work.
- The work he did was not as grunt type, grungy work, grimy work.
- I'm talking a bunch of damn Horace grunts, you feel me?
- But that's that grunt, grunt mentality.
- So one of my, you know, and I he he would watch this and agree with my biggest grunt laborer guys.
Examples
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I made it aboard the Gorbachev as one of the lowliest of grunts.
Fiction book (1997) -
These helped perform much of the grunt work whilst picking up vital skills to eventually climb their own way up the ranks.
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You get on with the grunt work - and I'll make myself some coffee.
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Now the Lord's role in that is quite crucial because we do the grunt work for the government.
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So lots of just grunt work, just lots of algebra, lots of algebra makes sense.
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Congressional fellows tend to work on many different issues, and they do everything from grunt work on up.
Academic text (2002) -
I would have an administrative assistant handle all the grunt work of answering questions and criticism.
Blog text (17) -
Since brainpower doesn't count with this phase of the operation, you get to do the grunt work.
Fiction book (1999) -
Then, as an act of contrition, he would perform grunt work in either the pediatric or geriatric wing of a hospital.
Academic text (1998) -
In the military, many soldiers start their careers doing grunt work before advancing to more complex roles.
Synonyms
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1.1
A person who serves in an army and fights for their country
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3.8
A person who fights on foot or does basic work for a group
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2.8
A person in the army or marines with the lowest rank
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8.2
A soldier with the lowest rank in the US Army or Marines
1
8.6
A person who serves or served in the armed forces but is not an officer
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4.9
A member of the armed forces who is not an officer
Antonyms
Compounds
A small tropical fish with yellow stripes that makes low sounds by grinding its throat teeth
How Senior
Surface Forms
Etymology
Grunt for a low-level soldier or worker comes from the idea of someone who makes low, hard-work sounds while doing heavy jobs. A helpful way to remember it is that a 'grunt' is a person who grunts while doing the rough, everyday work.