[ɡrʌnt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of an animal, especially a pig) make a low, short guttural sound
(e.g: an enormous pig grunted and shuffled in a sty outside)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English grunnettan, of Germanic origin and related to German grunzen; probably originally imitative

[ɡrʌnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a low, short guttural sound made by an animal or a person
(e.g: with snorts and grunts the animals were coaxed down the ramp)

- a low-ranking soldier or unskilled worker
(e.g: he went from grunt to senior executive vice president in five years)

- mechanical power, especially in a motor vehicle
(e.g: what the big wagon needs is grunt, and the turbo does the business)

- an edible shoaling fish of tropical coasts and coral reefs, able to make a loud noise by grinding its teeth and amplifying the sound in the swim bladder


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English grunnettan, of Germanic origin and related to German grunzen; probably originally imitative