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grunt
noun
verb
medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught
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ɡɹʌnt
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noun
medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught
noun
the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
noun
an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker
“infantrymen in Vietnam were called ‘grunts’”
verb
issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise
“He grunted his reluctant approval”
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infantrymen in Vietnam were called ‘grunts’
he went from grunt to chairman in six years
He grunted his reluctant approval
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