Толковый словарь английского языка - grunt
Grunt
grunt
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. the deep short sound characteristic of a hog, a similar sound, any of a family (Haemulidae syn. Pomadasyidae) of chiefly tropical marine bony fishes, a dessert made by dropping biscuit dough on top of boiling berries and steaming , 4. a United States army or marine foot soldier especially in the Vietnam War, one who does routine unglamorous work
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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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