grunt
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3.5
- noun
- /ɡrʌnt/
:
gruñido
- As she bent down to pick up the box, she accidentally made a soft grunt of effort.
What's your most dramatic grunt getting out of a car?
- What's your most dramatic grunt getting out of a car?
- As a kid I had a low level kind of Tourette's grunt and probably obsessive still to some extent, although not full blown clinically diagnosed OCD.
Examples
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The pig let out a loud grunt as it settled down in the straw.
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Worf heard the clang of colliding blades, followed by a grunt and another clang.
Fiction book (1991) -
There was silence for a moment, and then a thoroughly piggish grunt, and the bulk was still.
Fiction book (1991) -
"Lava rock," Tiger Ty said with a grunt, seeing the puzzled look on her face.
Fiction book (1992) -
The volume of coughs and grunts continued to grow as the dusk deepened.
Fiction book (1992) -
We hear a few meaty thuds, then a painful grunt as someone's breath whooshes out.
Fiction book (1990) -
The wombat tumbled end over snout and landed with a grunt atop the junk pile.
Fiction book (1992) -
Nothing stirred in the pens, no piggish grunts, no nervous clacking of a goat bell.
Fiction book (1992) -
The sound of the grunt from the pig echoed through the farmyard.
Synonyms
76
1.6
A low, deep sound an animal makes to warn or show anger
22
6.7
A short low sound a pig makes
4
9.1
A short low sound showing disapproval or doubt
1
9.2
A short gruff sound that comes from clearing the throat to show annoyance or doubt
A low, rough sound that a pig makes
Antonyms
Compounds
A small tropical fish with yellow stripes that makes low sounds by grinding its throat teeth
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Grunt for the pig sound comes from the simple noise pigs make, so a pig's 'grunt' is that short, low, rough noise and it is the same root as the verb grunt.