grunted
past simple and past participle ofgrunt
grunt
verb[I]
uk/ɡrʌnt/us/ɡrʌnt/(of apig) to make alow,roughnoise:
Thepigswere gruntingcontentedlyas theyatetheirfood.
(of aperson) to make ashort,lowsoundinsteadofspeaking, usually because ofangerorpain:
Hehauledhimself over thewall, grunting with theeffort.
[+ speech]"Tootired," he grunted andsatdown.
Animal (non-human) sounds
- baa
- bleat
- buzzy
- caterwauling
- chatter
- cockcrow
- coo
- cry
- hee-haw
- honk
- howling
- miaow
- moo
- peep
- purr
- quack
- squeak
- trill
- trumpet
- warble
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grunted
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Brock walked up to him, sniffed twice,gruntedand disappeared into the night.
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Their music was fast, unpolished in production and with raspy orgruntedvocals.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Inside a blanket he held a microphone and for a period of eight hoursgruntedinto the microphone as viewers watched from the doorway.
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