English Explanatory Dictionary

grunt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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. An infantry soldier.
  6. The amount of power of which a vehicle is capable.
  7. A dessert of steamed berries and dough, usually blueberries; blueberry grunt.
verb
  1. To make a grunt or grunts.
  2. To break wind; to fart.

Pronunciation

/ɡɹʌnt/ en-us-grunt.ogg /ɡɹʊnt/

Word forms

grunt grunts grunting grunted

Etymology

From 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”). Cognate with German grunzen (“to grunt”), Danish grynte (“to grunt”). The noun senses are all instances of zero derivation from the verb.

Synonyms

gofer lackey peon fungy fungee

Derived words

death grunt grungy grunt boy grunt-horn grunt level grunt-level gruntlike gruntling gruntometer gruntspeak gruntulous grunt work Margaret grunt margate grunt grunter

Translations

Aromanian: gurnjescu Bulgarian: сумтя Bulgarian: грухтя Czech: vrčet Czech: zavrčet Czech: bručet Czech: zabručet Czech: odseknout Czech: chrochtat Czech: zachrochtat Danish: fnyse Danish: grynte Finnish: murahtaa Finnish: murista Finnish: röhkäistä Finnish: röhkiä French: grogner Galician: rosmar Galician: roñar Galician: moumear Galician: guincar Galician: cuincar Galician: cuiñar Galician: louriñar Galician: gorlar Galician: arruar Galician: rellar German: grunzen Greek: γρυλίζω Greek: γρυλλίζω Ancient Greek: γρῡλίζω Ancient Greek: γρυλλίζω Hungarian: felmordul Hungarian: morog Hungarian: röfög Ido: grunar Latin: grunniō Māori: ngengere Māori: ngunguru Māori: whēnanau Māori: ngō Māori: kumukumu Māori: horu Māori: ngengeri Māori: horuhoru Middle English: grunten Norman: gronner Old English: grunnian Old English: grunnettan Portuguese: grunir Romanian: grohăi Romanian: mârâi Romanian: mormăi Russian: ворча́ть Russian: бурча́ть Russian: хрю́кать Spanish: gruñir Swedish: grymta Basque: kurrinkatu Catalan: grunyir Esperanto: grunti Faroese: rína Italian: grugnire Khmer: ង៉េកៗ Macedonian: гровта Vietnamese: ủn ỉn
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