grunt
noun/ɡrʌnt/
/ɡrʌnt/
- a short, low sound made by a person or an animal (especially a pig)
- to give a grunt of effort/pain
Extra ExamplesTopics Animalsc2- He lifted the heavy box with a grunt.
- With a grunt of effort he lifted the cases.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- little
- slight
- small
- …
- give
- let out
- hear
- …
- with a grunt
- grunt of
- (North American English, informal) a worker who does boring tasks for low pay
- (North American English, informal) a soldier of low rank
Word OriginOld English grunnettan, of Germanic origin and related to German grunzen; probably originally imitative.
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