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grunt

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: grunt

1
vn
issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise
the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
2
n
an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker
3
n
medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: grunt
1

v issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise

“He grunted his reluctant approval”
Type of:
emit, let loose, let out, utter
express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)

n the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs

Synonyms:
oink
Type of:
noise
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
2

n an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker

“infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts
“he went from grunt to chairman in six years”
Type of:
unskilled person
a person who lacks technical training
3

n medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught

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Haemulon album, margate
a grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to Brazil
Haemulon macrostomum, Spanish grunt
a kind of grunt
Haemulon aurolineatum, tomtate
found off the West Indies and Florida
Haemulon malanurum, cottonwick
of warm Atlantic waters
Haemulon parra, sailor's-choice, sailors choice
a grunt found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexico
Anisotremus virginicus, pork-fish, porkfish
black and gold grunt found from Bermuda to Caribbean to Brazil
Anisotremus surinamensis, black margate, pompon
dusky grey food fish found from Louisiana and Florida southward
Orthopristis chrysopterus, hogfish, pigfish
found from Long Island southward
Type of:
percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
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