Definitions
issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise
Word origin
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”).
Used in a sentence
“The stranger, with a comfortable kind of grunt over his pipe, put his legs up on the settle that he had to himself.”
“The poges stare at the grunts as though the grunts were Hell's Angels at the ballet.”
“The events described are those encountered by only 160 men, though the adversity recounted is representative of that experienced by all grunts in Vietnam.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Low rough sound”5 letters
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