English noun: grunt | |||
1. | grunt (event) the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs | ||
Synonyms | oink | ||
Broader (hypernym) | noise | ||
2. | grunt (person) an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker | ||
Samples | Infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts. He went from grunt to chairman in six years. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | unskilled person | ||
3. | grunt (animal) medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught | ||
Broader (hypernym) | percoid, percoid fish, percoidean | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Anisotremus surinamensis, Anisotremus virginicus, black margate, cottonwick, Haemulon album, Haemulon aurolineatum, Haemulon macrostomum, Haemulon malanurum, Haemulon parra, hogfish, margate, Orthopristis chrysopterus, pigfish, pompon, pork-fish, porkfish, sailor's-choice, sailors choice, Spanish grunt, tomtate | ||
Member meronym | family Haemulidae, Haemulidae | ||
English verb: grunt | |||
1. | grunt (communication) issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise | ||
Samples | He grunted his reluctant approval. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | emit, let loose, let out, utter | ||