grunts

Meanings

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"
• medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught
• plural of grunt

Verb

• issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise
• third-person singular simple present indicative of grunt

Synonyms

grunt, oink