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Added 9 October 2026

grunt

/ɡɹʌnt/ noun

In Latin: grunnītus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about grunt at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
The snorting cry of a pig.
Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae.

verb

To make a grunt or grunts.
To make a grunt or grunts.
To break wind; to fart.
Who just grunted?

Origin

From Middle English grunten, from Old English grunnettan (“to grunt”), from Proto-West Germanic *grunnattjan, from Proto-Germanic *grunnatjaną (“to grunt”), frequentative of Proto-Germanic *grunnōną (“to grunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrun- (“to shout”). Cognate with German grunzen (“to grunt”), Danish grynte (“to grunt”). The noun senses are all instances of zero derivation from the verb.

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