grunts

Noun

grunt (plural grunts)

1. A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
   • The stranger, with a comfortable kind of grunt over his pipe, put his legs up on the settle that he had to himself.1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, Chapter X
2. The snorting cry of a pig.
3. Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae.
4. A person who does ordinary and boring work.

   Synonyms:

   gofer, lackey, peon

5. (US, slang) An infantry soldier.
   • The poges stare at the grunts as though the grunts were Hell's Angels at the ballet.1979, Gustav Hasford, The Short-Timers, New York: Bantam Books, published 1980, →ISBN, page 39
6. (slang) The amount of power of which a vehicle is capable.
   • The engine might not possess quite as much grunt as the later 24v six, but it delivers invigorating performance […]1992, Autocar & Motor, volume 192, page 61

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