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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grunt \Grunt\ (gr[u^]nt), n.
     1. A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of American food
        fishes, of the genus {Haemulon}, allied to the snappers,


        as, the black grunt ({Haemulon Plumieri}), and the
        redmouth grunt ({Haemulon aurolineatus}), of the Southern
        United States; -- also applied to allied species of the
        genera {Pomadasys}, {Orthopristis}, and {Pristopoma}.
        Called also {pigfish}, {squirrel fish}, and {grunter}; --
        so called from the noise it makes when taken.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A U. S. infantryman; -- used especially of those fighting
        in the war in Vietnam. [slang]
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grunt \Grunt\ (gr[u^]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grunted}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Grunting}.] [OE. grunten; akin to As. grunian, G.
     grunzen, Dan. grynte, Sw. grymta; all prob. of imitative; or
     perh. akin to E. groan.]
     To make a deep, short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groan
     or a deep guttural sound.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Who would fardels bear,
           To grunt and sweat under a weary life.   --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Grunting ox} (Zool.), the yak.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Redmouth \Red"mouth`\ (-mouth`), n. (Zool.)
     Any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus
     {Diabasis}, or {Haemulon}, of the Southern United States,
     having the inside of the mouth bright red. Called also
     {flannelmouth}, and {grunt}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  grunt
       n 1: the short low gruff noise of the kind made by pigs
       2: an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker;
          "infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts"; "he went from
          grunt to chairman in six years"
       3: medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter a
          grunting sound when caught
       v : issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise; "He grunted his
           reluctant approval"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  112 Moby Thesaurus words for "grunt":
     Zouave, air a grievance, animal noise, bark, barking, bawl, beef,
     bellow, bellyache, bersagliere, birdcall, bitch, blare, blat,
     blubber, boom, bray, breathe, buzz, cackle, call, carabineer,
     chant, chasseur, chirp, clamor, clang, complain, coo, crab, croak,
     crow, cry, dogface, doughfoot, drawl, exclaim, expert rifleman,
     flute, foot soldier, footslogger, fret, fret and fume, fusileer,
     fuss, gasp, grenadier, gripe, groan, grouch, grouse, growl,
     grumble, gruntle, hiss, holler, howl, howling, infantryman, keen,
     kick, light infantryman, lilt, lodge a complaint, marksman,
     mating call, mumble, murmur, musketeer, mutter, note, oink,
     paddlefoot, pant, pipe, raise a howl, register a complaint, rifle,
     rifleman, roar, rumble, scold, scream, screech, sharpshooter,
     shriek, sibilate, sigh, sing, snap, snarl, sniper, snort, sob,
     squall, squawk, squeal, stridulation, take on, thunder, trumpet,
     twang, ululation, wail, warble, whine, whisper, woodnote, yap,
     yawp, yell, yelp
  
  

















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