Meaning of "grunt" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GRUNT

Old English grunnettan, probably of imitative origin; compare Old High German grunnizōn, grunni moaning, Latin grunnīre.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF GRUNT

grunt  [ɡrʌnt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRUNT

Grunt is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb grunt in English.

WHAT DOES GRUNT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Grunt

Grunt or Grunts may refer to: ▪ a deep guttural sound ▪ death grunt, the death metal singing style ▪ "The Grunt", a 1970 instrumental recording by The J.B.'s ▪ Fobos-Grunt, a failed Russian mission to Phobos, one of the moons of Mars ▪ A food preparation similar to a cobbler ▪ A fish, Haemulidae...

Definition of grunt in the English dictionary

The first definition of grunt in the dictionary is to emit a low short gruff noise. Other definition of grunt is to express something gruffly. Grunt is also the characteristic low short gruff noise of pigs, etc, or a similar sound, as of disgust.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GRUNT

PRESENT

Present

I grunt

you grunt

he/she/it grunts

we grunt

you grunt

they grunt

Present continuous

I am grunting

you are grunting

he/she/it is grunting

we are grunting

you are grunting

they are grunting

Present perfect

I have grunted

you have grunted

he/she/it has grunted

we have grunted

you have grunted

they have grunted

Present perfect continuous

I have been grunting

you have been grunting

he/she/it has been grunting

we have been grunting

you have been grunting

they have been grunting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I grunted

you grunted

he/she/it grunted

we grunted

you grunted

they grunted

Past continuous

I was grunting

you were grunting

he/she/it was grunting

we were grunting

you were grunting

they were grunting

Past perfect

I had grunted

you had grunted

he/she/it had grunted

we had grunted

you had grunted

they had grunted

Past perfect continuous

I had been grunting

you had been grunting

he/she/it had been grunting

we had been grunting

you had been grunting

they had been grunting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will grunt

you will grunt

he/she/it will grunt

we will grunt

you will grunt

they will grunt

Future continuous

I will be grunting

you will be grunting

he/she/it will be grunting

we will be grunting

you will be grunting

they will be grunting

Future perfect

I will have grunted

you will have grunted

he/she/it will have grunted

we will have grunted

you will have grunted

they will have grunted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been grunting

you will have been grunting

he/she/it will have been grunting

we will have been grunting

you will have been grunting

they will have been grunting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would grunt

you would grunt

he/she/it would grunt

we would grunt

you would grunt

they would grunt

Conditional continuous

I would be grunting

you would be grunting

he/she/it would be grunting

we would be grunting

you would be grunting

they would be grunting

Conditional perfect

I would have grunt

you would have grunt

he/she/it would have grunt

we would have grunt

you would have grunt

they would have grunt

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been grunting

you would have been grunting

he/she/it would have been grunting

we would have been grunting

you would have been grunting

they would have been grunting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you grunt
we let´s grunt
you grunt

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to grunt

Past participle

grunted

Present Participle

grunting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF GRUNT

Find out the translation of grunt to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of grunt from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «grunt» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 嘟哝着说
• Translator English - Spanish: gruñir
• English: grunt
• Translator English - Hindi: असंतोष का शब्द
• Translator English - Arabic: الناخر
• Translator English - Russian: Грунт
• Translator English - Portuguese: grunhir
• Translator English - Bengali: ঘোঁৎ ঘোঁৎ
• Translator English - French: grogner
• Translator English - Malay: Mengerang
• Translator English - German: grunzen
• Translator English - Japanese: フンと言う
• Translator English - Korean: 툴툴거리다
• Translator English - Javanese: Ngguyu
• Translator English - Vietnamese: heo kêu ột ột
• Translator English - Tamil: கிரண்ட்
• Translator English - Marathi: कल्लोळ
• Translator English - Turkish: homurtu
• Translator English - Italian: grugnire
• Translator English - Polish: grunt
• Translator English - Ukrainian: грунт
• Translator English - Romanian: mormăit
• Translator English - Greek: γρύλισμα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: swaar
• Translator English - Swedish: grymta
• Translator English - Norwegian: grynt

4 QUOTES WITH «GRUNT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word grunt.

1

Afrika Bambaataa

My definition of hip hop is taking elements from many other spheres of music to make hip hop. Whether it be breakbeat, whether it be the groove and grunt of James Brown or the pickle-pop sounds of Kraftwerk or Yellow Magic Orchestra, hip hop is also part of what they call hip-house now, or trip hop, or even parts of drum n' bass.

2

Bob Gunton

I was a grunt, walking around in the jungle of Vietnam, trying not to find the enemy. Because I am so big, they were going to give me either a heavy radio or a huge machine gun to carry. I carried a radio.

3

Jodi Picoult

Writing is total grunt work. A lot of people think it's all about sitting and waiting for the muse. I don't buy that. It's a job. There are days when I really want to write, days when I don't. Every day I sit down and write.

4

Pierre Trudeau

Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRUNT»

Discover the use of grunt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to grunt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Grunt: Pigorian Chant from Snouto Domoinko de Silo

Farm animals intone humorous musical chants in Latin and Pig Latin Here, for the first and probably only time anywhere, is the definitive text and recording of the sublime yet humble monophony of the Sincere Pigs from the ancient farmstead, ...

‎1996

The Grunt

After Staff Sergeant Brett Black's wife leaves him, he hires Courtney Lawless as a live-in nanny.

Latrivia S. Nelson, 2011

Grunt

Teased by his older siblings about his appearance and tiny squeal, a little piggy finds acceptance with an equally odd-looking companion who teaches him to celebrate his differences and recognize that others will appreciate his uniqueness, ...

John Richardson, 2001

Little Grunt and the Big Egg: A Prehistoric Fairy Tale

When a dinosaur hatches from the egg that Little Grunt brought home for dinner, Mama and Papa Grunt let him keep it as a pet until it grows too big for their cave. Reprint.

‎2008

'the Grunt Factor' by Crisp E Bacon

‘The Grunt Factor’ is the tale of a special pig who, having led a simple life on the end of a potato mash manufacturing production line, finds himself literally thrust headlong into the Intelligence Organisation during the Second World ...

Maurice Bird, 2010

Colonel Grunt

When the butler and the cook take the day off, Colonel Grunt, an elderly field mouse, decides to try his hand at baking a cake for tea.

Jenny Partridge, 1982

Grunt of the Minotaur

"These fresh, fire-bright poems are barbed blooms petalled with wise cautions and unexpected joy." —Kevin Connolly "Flaunting a painterly attention to the seductive textures of menace—here are portraits, still lifes, fables and ...

Robin Richardson, 2011

Grunt, Brute and the Lady

When Anne, a travel reporter, goes to Willow, it is for the purpose of collecting ideas from a small southern town for a novel she plans to write.

Penelope S. Hession, 2008

Gobble, Growl, Grunt

A colorful variety of familiar animals--nocturnal animals, farm animals, jungle animals, and more--move across double-page spreads, each identified by both name and the sound it makes.

‎1988

The grunt padre: Father Vincent Robert Capodanno, Vietnam, ...

" - Frederic Smith, CEO, Federal Express. "I am delighted to find the story of Fr. Vincent R. Capodanno's service and sacrifice so admirably recounted in The Grunt Padre by Fr. Daniel L. Mode.

Daniel Lawrence Mode, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRUNT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term grunt is used in the context of the following news items.

Book Reviewing's Grunt Squads

So the first thing I did, when I received a scathing review from Kirkus (a "frenzied, unabashedly self-indulgent book"), was show it to my students ... «Chronicle of Higher Education, Jul 15»

Australia's sweetheart has finally dropped the bull***t. And we love it

Over the past few weeks, Australia has watched their national sweetheart show the grunt we always knew she had. Channel Nine's The Voice ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»

Wallabies squad 2015: Experts name their team for clash with the …

Simmons and Fardy can do the grunt work in the rucks, freeing Skelton and Higginbotham to attack. The Books will target the lineout. «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»

Iraq Launches Campaign To Retake Anbar From Islamic State

But it was warplanes from the U.S.-led coalition that did the grunt work in Anbar with a record 29 air strikes hitting 67 targets. «RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Jul 15»

Unsung WWII pilot honored on 99th birthday

Dorothy Olsen was one of about 1,000 female pilots during World War 11, doing grunt work while the men got the glory. Years later, she is still ... «KSDK, Jul 15»

Franson best of available free agents who may interest B's

... fits when the Bruins played the Kings), he kills penalties, and he's a proven winner as a bottom0six grunt with the Kings on their Cup teams. «Comcast SportsNet New England, Jul 15»

Why sounds are just as important as sights for travellers

The African bush is alive with sound: pinging fruit bats, the eerie cry of bushbabies, the unnerving grunt of a lion. In the Vancouver Aquarium ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»

9 reasons it's perfectly fine to be a POG

Right out of the gate, lets get to what POG stands for. It's Person Other than Grunt. Grunts are infantry soldiers. Sure, their jobs rarely make the ... «We Are The Mighty, Jul 15»

NWT female carpenters aim to break down gender gap, discrimination

He too has not worked with any female carpenters. "It's harder grunt work, you know what I mean? And, yeah, [there's] vulgar language around ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»

“I applied for 2000 jobs before getting directly into private equity”

That core modelling skill-set hasn't been drilled into you via 100-hour weeks. Initially, they may not respect you, as you haven't done the grunt ... «eFinancialCareers, Jul 15»