grunt : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: grunt	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for grunt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grunt n the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs [syn: grunt, oink] an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker; "infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts"; "he went from grunt to chairman in six years" medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught v issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise; "He grunted his reluctant approval"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Redmouth \Red"mouth`\ (-mouth`), n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Diabasis}, or {H[91]mulon}, of the Southern United States, having the inside of the mouth bright red. Called also {flannelmouth}, and {grunt}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grunt \Grunt\ (gr[ucr]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grunted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Grunting}.] [OE. grunten; akin to As. grunian, G. grunzen, Dan. grynte, Sw. grymta; all prob. of imitative; or perh. akin to E. groan.] To make a deep, short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groan or a deep guttural sound. Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life. --Shak. {Grunting ox} (Zo[94]l.), the yak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grunt \Grunt\, n. 1. A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of American food fishes, of the genus {H[91]mulon}, allied to the snappers, as, the black grunt ({A. Plumieri}), and the redmouth grunt ({H. aurolineatus}), of the Southern United States; -- also applied to allied species of the genera {Pomadasys}, {Orthopristis}, and {Pristopoma}. Called also pigfish, squirrel fish, and grunter; -- so called from the noise it makes when taken.