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grunter

[ gruhn-ter ]

noun

  1. a hog.
  2. any animal or person that grunts.


ˈgrunter

/ ˈɡrʌntə /

noun

  1. a person or animal that grunts, esp a pig
  2. another name for grunt
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of grunter1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; grunt, -er 1
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Example Sentences

A natural grunter, he was greeted by big laughs and phones aloft the moment he stepped out of a van across from the American Museum of Natural History.

Last week, the city’s agriculture department began baiting the grunters with bread, and then shooting them.

“The grunters sent me to the wrong item on the list.”

From Nature

In those matches with a grunter, especially if the non-grunter is losing, I always wish the other player would start grunting.

To no one’s surprise, the new arrival was also the loudest grunter in the hospital nursery.

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