English abbreviation dictionary - grunt
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~1 v 1 to make short sounds or say a few words in a low rough voice, showing that you do not want to have a conversation (I tried to cheer him up but he only grunted.) 2 if an animal grunts, especially a pig, it makes short low sounds deep in its throat ~2 n 1 a short low sound made deep in your throat like the sound a pig makes (Chris just gave a grunt and went back to sleep.) 2 AmE slang an infantry soldier ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(grunts, grunting, grunted) 1. If you grunt, you make a low sound, especially because you are annoyed or not interested in something. The driver grunted, convinced that Michael was crazy... ‘Rubbish,’ I grunted... He grunted his thanks. VERB: V, V with quote, V n • Grunt is also a noun. Their replies were no more than grunts of acknowledgement. N-COUNT: oft N of n 2. When an animal grunts, it makes a low rough noise. ...the sound of a pig grunting. VERB: V ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English grunnettan, frequentative of grunian, of imitative origin Date: before 12th century intransitive verb to utter a ~ transitive verb to utter with a ~ • ~er noun II. noun Date: 1553 1. a. the deep short sound characteristic of a hog b. a similar sound 2. from the noise it makes when taken from the water any of a family (Haemulidae syn. Pomadasyidae) of chiefly tropical marine bony fishes 3. a dessert made by dropping biscuit dough on top of boiling berries and steaming blueberry ~ 4. a. a United States army or marine foot soldier especially in the Vietnam War b. one who does routine unglamorous work — often used attributively ~ work ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a low guttural sound made by a pig. 2 a sound resembling this. 3 any fish of the genus Haemulon that grunts when caught. --v. 1 intr. (of a pig) make a grunt or grunts. 2 intr. (of a person) make a low inarticulate sound resembling this, esp. to express discontent, dissent, fatigue, etc. 3 tr. utter with a grunt. Etymology: OE grunnettan, prob. orig. imit. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) ихт. ронка (Haemulon) 2) см. grunter 3) ворчание; хрюканье; ворчать; хрюкать – banded grunt – bastard margate grunt – beard grunt – black grunt – blotched grunt – boar grunt – brown grunt – Caesar grunt – common grunt – flannel mouth grunt – French grunt – gold-lined grunt – olive grunt – open-mouthed grunt – redmouth grunt – West Indian grunt – Yarbua grunt ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. хрюканье to give a grunt —- хрюкнуть 2. ворчание 3. хрюкать 4. крякать he grunted as he picked up the sack —- он крякнул, поднимая рюкзак 5. ворчать to grunt an answer —- проворчать в ответ 6. бормотать he grunted his consent —- он пробормотал что-то в знак согласия 7. ам. разг. пехотинец; солдат морской пехоты ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) хрюканье 2) ворчанье, мычание (о человеке) 2. v. 1) хрюкать 2) ворчать GRUNTING ox noun як ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. grunnettan, freq. of grunian "to grunt," probably imitative. The noun meaning "infantry" emerged in U.S. military slang during Vietnam War; used since 1900 of various low-level workers. Grunt work first recorded 1977. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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