Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to grunt
Participle: grunted
Gerund: grunting
Indicative
Present
| I | grunt |
| you | grunt |
| he;she;it | grunts |
| we | grunt |
| you | grunt |
| they | grunt |
Perfect
| I | have grunted |
| you | have grunted |
| he;she;it | has grunted |
| we | have grunted |
| you | have grunted |
| they | have grunted |
Past
| I | grunted |
| you | grunted |
| he;she;it | grunted |
| we | grunted |
| you | grunted |
| they | grunted |
Pluperfect
| I | had grunted |
| you | had grunted |
| he;she;it | had grunted |
| we | had grunted |
| you | had grunted |
| they | had grunted |
Future
| I | will grunt |
| you | will grunt |
| he;she;it | will grunt |
| we | will grunt |
| you | will grunt |
| they | will grunt |
Future Perfect
| I | will have grunted |
| you | will have grunted |
| he;she;it | will have grunted |
| we | will have grunted |
| you | will have grunted |
| they | will have grunted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | grunt |
| you | grunt |
| he;she;it | grunt |
| we | grunt |
| you | grunt |
| they | grunt |
Perfect
| I | have grunted |
| you | have grunted |
| he;she;it | have grunted |
| we | have grunted |
| you | have grunted |
| they | have grunted |
Imperfect
| I | grunted |
| you | grunted |
| he;she;it | grunted |
| we | grunted |
| you | grunted |
| they | grunted |
Pluperfect
| I | had grunted |
| you | had grunted |
| he;she;it | had grunted |
| we | had grunted |
| you | had grunted |
| they | had grunted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would grunt |
| you | would grunt |
| he;she;it | would grunt |
| we | would grunt |
| you | would grunt |
| they | would grunt |
Perfect
| I | would have grunted |
| you | would have grunted |
| he;she;it | would have grunted |
| we | would have grunted |
| you | would have grunted |
| they | would have grunted |
Imperative
| you | grunt |
| we | Let's grunt |
| you | grunt |
Verbs conjugated like 'grunt'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'grunt'
brunt,
grant,
graunt,
blunt,
bruit,
brut,
bunt,
count,
cruft,
crunk,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to emit digestive gases from the anus, especially with accompanying sound
- badger, blow off, break ass, break wind, crepitate, curmur, cut one loose, cut the cheese, drop a bomb, fart, flatulate, guff, let fluffy off the chain, let one go, let one rip, pass gas, pass wind, poop, poot, rip ass, rip one, spill the beans, step on a duck, step on a frog, toot, trump
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
grunnettan, freq. of
grunian "to grunt," probably imitative. The noun meaning "infantry" emerged in U.S. military slang during Vietnam War (first recorded in print 1969); used since 1900 of various low-level workers.
Grunt work first recorded 1977.
2. From Middle English grunten, from Old English grunnettan (“to grunt”), from Proto-West Germanic *grunnattjan, from Proto-Germanic *grunnatjaną (“to grunt”), frequentative of Proto-Germanic *grunnōną (“to grunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrun- (“to shout”).
3. Cognate with German grunzen (“to grunt”), Danish grynte (“to grunt”). The noun senses are all instances of zero derivation from the verb. See: Middle English '
grunten', Old English '
grunnettan', Proto-Germanic '
*grunnatjaną', German, old spelling '
grunzen', Danish '
grynte'.
Verbs referencing "grunt"
German, old spelling
grunzen, Latin
grunnio, Dutch
grunten, Danish
grynte.
Sample Sentences
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[...] like eyes that have been hurt in drunken frays. Many of those pigs live here. Do they ever wonder why their masters walk upright in lieu of going on all-fours ? and why they talk instead of grunting ?
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] waiters cross and recross with dishes in their hands; two great dogs are playing upon a mound of loose bricks in the centre of the little square; a pig is turning up his stomach to the sun, and grunting ‘that 's comfortable ! ’; and neither the men, nor the women, nor the dogs, nor the pig, nor any created creature, takes the smallest notice of the triangle, which is tingling madly all the time.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Here, as elsewhere in these parts, the road was perfectly alive with pigs of all ages; lying about in every direction, fast asleep.; or grunting along in quest of hidden dainties. I had always a sneaking kindness for these odd animals, and found a constant source of amusement, when all others failed, in watching their proceedings. As we [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] was airing itself in front of the house. This was not a very politic step, as it turned out; for the pigs scenting him, and looking upon the coach as a kind of pie with some manner of meat inside, grunted round it so hideously, that he was afraid to come out again, and lay there shivering, till morning. Nor was it possible to warm him, when he did come out, by means of a glass of brandy: for in [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[ Batman panting, grunting ] Earth-2 to Satellite. Emergency trans-mat. I have an injured Batman.
(Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Three)
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[ grunting, shouts ] [grunts] - [grunts] - [screams] [Hogsbreth shouts] [Hogsbreth grunts]
(Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu)
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[gasping] [ grunting ] [ scrubbing ] [unsettling music]
(Grafted)
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So break it. [screams] [ bones crack ] [ grunting ]
(Killing Faith)
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[ fighters grunting ] [dramatic music] [ announcer ] Only a few moments in, and Kong already has
(Gladiator Underground)
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[ Force rumbling ] [ both grunting ] [Rotta shouts]
(Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu)
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[ grunting ] ALEJANDRO HUELVA, MISSING. [dramatic tone plays] He's in the lake.
(The Truthers)
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[panting] [ groaning ] [grunts] [ grunting ] Ah! [ groaning ]
(The Truthers)