grunt

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

grunts

1.
A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
2.
The snorting cry of a pig.
3.
Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae.
4.
A person who does ordinary and boring work.
Đồng nghĩa: gofer, lackey, peon
5.
(US, slang)(US, military slang) An infantry soldier.
6.
(slang)The amount of power of which a vehicle is capable.
7.
(Canada, US)A dessert of steamed berries and dough, usually blueberries; blueberry grunt.
Đồng nghĩa: fungy, fungee

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

grunts

V_ing/Gerund

grunting

V_ed/pp

grunted

1.
(intransitive)(intransitive, of a person) To make a grunt or grunts.
2.
(intransitive)(intransitive, of a pig) To make a grunt or grunts.
3.
(UK, intransitive, slang)To break wind; to fart.
Who just grunted?

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

gofer lackey peonfungyfungee

Cùng gốc / liên quan

death gruntgrungygrunt boygrunt-horngrunt levelgrunt-levelgruntlikegruntlinggruntometergruntspeakgruntulousgrunt workMargaret gruntmargate grunt

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English grunten, from Old English grunnettan (to grunt), from *grunnattjan, from Proto-Germanic *grunnatjaną (to grunt), frequentative of Proto-Germanic *grunnōną (to grunt), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrun- (to shout).