Dictionary Entry

grunting

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/ˈɡɹʌntɪŋ/Used In Literature ↓

(of a person) To make a grunt or grunts.

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Common Phrases

. gruntingsound gruntingnoise gruntingnoises gruntingsounds gruntinggrunting expiratorygrunting much

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Poetry examples for “grunting”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

And her full pipes those shrilling cries confound;
To her full pipes the grunting hog replies;
The grunting hogs alarm the neighbours round,

And put a sack within the hole, and lie
Till the old grunting badger passes bye.
He comes and hears--they let the strongest loose.

And hogs and geese now throng the dusty road,
Grunting, and gabbling, in contention, round
The barley ears that litter on the ground.

And had rooted the sun and moon and stars out of the sky
And lay in the darkness, grunting, and turning to his rest.