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   Grunt

   /ɡrənt/

   

   verb

   • 1. (of an animal, especially a pig) make a low, short guttural sound: "an enormous pig grunted and shuffled in a sty outside"
   • ▪ (of a person) make a low inarticulate sound, typically to express effort or indicate assent: "‘What is it?’ he grunted irritably"

   noun

   • 1. a low, short guttural sound made by an animal or a person: "with snorts and grunts the animals were coaxed down the ramp"
   • 2. a low-ranking or unskilled soldier or other worker: informal North American "he went from grunt to senior executive vice president in less than five years"
   • 3. an edible shoaling fish of tropical inshore waters and coral reefs, able to make a loud noise by grinding its teeth and amplifying the sound in the swim bladder.
   • 4. a dessert made of fruit topped with dough: US "blueberry grunt"

   Word Origin Old Englishgrunnettan, of Germanic origin and related to German grunzen; probably originally imitative.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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