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grunty

grunty adjective: making grunting sounds.

Adjective

grunty (comparative gruntier, superlative gruntiest)

  1. Making grunting sounds.
    • They let the hog loose, and the squeal subsided into a grunty moaning as it wandered erratically, the red draining pink into the snow around the yard.1996, Robert Amerson, From the Hidewood: memories of a Dakota neighborhood, page 75
  2. Resembling grunt work; repetitive, mindless, unrewarding.

Forms of grunty

comparativegruntier
superlativegruntiest

Origin of grunty

From grunt + -y.

Words formed from grunty

Questions about grunty

What does grunty mean?
Grunty means making grunting sounds.
What part of speech is grunty?
Grunty is an adjective.

Words near grunty in the dictionary

  1. gruntometers
  2. grunts
  3. gruntspeak
  4. gruntulous
  5. gruntwork
  6. grunty
  7. Grunwald
  8. Grunwalds
  9. Grupe
  10. grupero
  11. Grupes

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