grunt

noun

1. the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs

Similar word(s): oink

Definition categories: event, noise

2. an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker

- infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts

- he went from grunt to chairman in six years

Definition categories: person

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

Definition categories: animal, percoid

verb

1. issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise

- He grunted his reluctant approval

Definition categories: communication, emit, utter