From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Grunt \Grunt\ (gr[u^]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.
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Who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life. --Shak.
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{Grunting ox} (Zool.), the yak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Grunt \Grunt\ (gr[u^]nt), n.
1. A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog.
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2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of American food
fishes, of the genus {Haemulon}, allied to the snappers,
as, the black grunt ({Haemulon Plumieri}), and the
redmouth grunt ({Haemulon 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.
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3. A U. S. infantryman; -- used especially of those fighting
in the war in Vietnam. [slang]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Redmouth \Red"mouth`\ (-mouth`), n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus
{Diabasis}, or {Haemulon}, of the Southern United States,
having the inside of the mouth bright red. Called also
{flannelmouth}, and {grunt}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grunt
n 1: the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs [syn:
{grunt}, {oink}]
2: an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker;
"infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts"; "he went from
grunt to chairman in six years"
3: medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting
sounds when caught
v 1: issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise; "He grunted his
reluctant approval"
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