grunt
English
/ɡɹʌnt/
noun
Definitions
- A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
- The snorting cry of a pig.
- Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae.
- A person who does ordinary and boring work.
- (United States Army and Marine Corps slang) An infantry soldier.
- (slang) The amount of power of which a vehicle is capable.
- (North American) A dessert of steamed berries and dough, usually blueberries; blueberry grunt.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English grunten inherited from Old English grunnettan (grunt) inherited from Proto-Germanic *grunnatjaną (grunt), *grunnōną (grunt) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrun- (shout).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰrun-
Gloss
shout
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- begruntle English
- disgruntled English
- grunter English
- grunting English
- gruntingly English
- gruntle English
- gruntlike English
- gruntling English
- gruntometer English
- gruntspeak English
- grunty English
- regruntle English
- Grunzochse German
- Grunzschwein German
- grunzen German
- grunten Dutch, Flemish
- *gʰrun- Proto-Indo-European
- *grunnatjaną Proto-Germanic
- *grunnōną Proto-Germanic
- grunnettan Old English
- grunnian Old English
- groynen Middle English
- grunten Middle English
- gruntyng Middle English
- *grynta Old Norse
- grunzen Old High German
- grunzen Middle High German