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gruntlike

gruntlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a grunt.

Adjective

gruntlike (comparative more gruntlike, superlative most gruntlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a grunt.
    • “Haa mmm,” Mr. Serundori says, emitting a special gruntlike gorilla greeting that miraculously stops Kabirizi in midcharge.2009 March 4, Jeffrey Gettleman, “In Congo, With Rebels Now at Bay, Calm Erupts”, in New York Times

Forms of gruntlike

comparativemore gruntlike
superlativemost gruntlike

Origin of gruntlike

From grunt + -like.

Questions about gruntlike

What does gruntlike mean?
Gruntlike means resembling or characteristic of a grunt.
What part of speech is gruntlike?
Gruntlike is an adjective.

Words near gruntlike in the dictionary

  1. gruntingly
  2. gruntings
  3. gruntle
  4. gruntled
  5. gruntles
  6. gruntlike
  7. gruntling
  8. gruntlings
  9. gruntometer
  10. gruntometers
  11. grunts

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