grunt

Meanings

Plural: grunts

Noun

• the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
• 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
• A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
• The snorting cry of a pig.
• Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae.
• A person who does ordinary and boring work.
• An infantry soldier.
• The amount of power of which a vehicle is capable.
• A dessert of steamed berries and dough, usually blueberries; blueberry grunt.

Verb

• issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise
  • "He grunted his reluctant approval"
• To make a grunt or grunts.
• To make a grunt or grunts.
• To break wind; to fart.

Synonyms

fungee, fungy, gofer, lackey, oink, peon