Grunt

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) A family of Perciformes fish of the family Haemulidae
 * 4)  An infantry soldier. (From the sound he presumably makes when shouldering a pack before starting a road march.)

Verb

 * Frequentative: gruntle


 * 1)  Of a person: To make a grunt or grunts.
 * 2)  Of a pig: To make a grunt or grunts.

Adjectives for Grunt
complacent; mingling (pi) ; peculiar; roaring; occasional; satisfied; whining; disdainful; rebellious; startled; long; swinish.

Verbs for Grunt
acquiesce with—; answer with—; concede with—; manage—; resent—; snort—; suffer—; understand—; tolerate—; —annoys; —disturbs; —irritates; —s subside.

Adverbs for Grunt
audibly; complacently; peevishly; contemptuously; swinishly; disdainfully; rebelliously; appreciatively; approvingly.

Thesaurus
grouch, grouse, growl, grumble, gruntle, hiss, holler, howl, howling, infantryman, keen, kick, light infantryman, lilt, lodge a complaint, marksman, mating call, mumble, murmur, musketeer, mutter, note, oink, paddlefoot, pant, pipe, raise a howl, register a complaint, rifle, rifleman, roar, rumble, scold, scream, screech, sharpshooter, shriek, sibilate, sigh, sing, snap, snarl, sniper, snort, sob, squall, squawk, squeal, stridulation, take on, thunder, trumpet, twang, ululation, wail, warble, whine, whisper, woodnote, yap, yawp, yell, yelp, Zouave, air a grievance, animal noise, bark, barking, bawl, beef, bellow, bellyache, bersagliere, birdcall, bitch, blare, blat, blubber, boom, bray, breathe, buzz, cackle, call, carabineer, chant, chasseur, chirp, clamor, clang, complain, coo, crab, croak, crow, cry, dogface, doughfoot, drawl, exclaim, expert rifleman, flute, foot soldier, footslogger, fret, fret and fume, fusileer, fuss, gasp, grenadier, gripe, groan,

Etymology
grunten "to grunt" from grunnettan "to grunt", frequentive of grunian "to grunt" from  from. Akin to grunnezzen "to grunt" (Modern  grunzen "to grunt"), Old  grünte "to grunt".

Derived terms

 * grunt boy
 * grunt work

Noun

 * Danish: fnys
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: murahdus


 * French:
 * German:


 * Danish:
 * Finnish: röhkäisy
 * German:


 * Hungarian: röfögés
 * Italian:


 * German:


 * Danish: fodtusse


 * Finnish: jalkaväen sotilas, nurmipora

Verb

 * Danish: fnyse
 * Finnish: murahtaa (single grunt), murista (multiple grunts)


 * German:


 * Danish: grynte
 * Finnish: röhkäistä (single grunt), röhkiä (multiple grunts)
 * French:


 * German:
 * Hungarian: röfög
 * Italian:

Noun

 * 1) soil (in construction and geology)
 * 2) ground (the bottom of a body of water)

Adjective
grunt



Adverb

 * 1) shallowly
 * gentemot såväl grundt rationalistiska som känslosamt svärmiska religiösa riktningar.
 * towards both shallowly rationalistic and emotionally fanatical religious tendencies.