noun
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a person or animal that grunts, esp a pig
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another name for grunt
Etymology
Origin of grunter
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at grunt, -er 1
Example Sentences
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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.
From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2024
Neither Sinner nor McDonald is a grunter or emotes excessively.
From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2021
In those matches with a grunter, especially if the non-grunter is losing, I always wish the other player would start grunting.
From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2018
The referee denied the request, the grunter and the complainer didn't end up facing each other, and Heinicke never changed her sound.
From Slate • Sep. 14, 2011
The whale enjoys death, and the wren her little fellows' supper, with a better zest than an old grunter does her corn, and Wm.
From Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854) by Griffiths, Julia
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