/ɡrʌnt/
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Translation
To make a short, low sound in your throat, often when you work hard or are not pleased.
Word origin
From Old English grunnettan, a word made to copy the sound itself.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- grunnettan
Grammar
Verb typeregular (grunt, grunts, grunted)
Examples
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A grunt is the low sound of hard work.
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Animals grunt too, not only people.
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Here the grunt shows she did not want to talk.
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