Grunter

3 definitions found

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]:

  Grunter \Grunt"er\ (gr[u^]nt"[~e]r), n.
     1. One who, or that which, grunts; specifically, a hog.
        "Bristled grunters." --Tennyson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.) One of several American marine fishes. See {Sea
        robin}, and {Grunt}, n., 2.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Brass Founding) A hook used in lifting a crucible.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  grunter
       n 1: a person who grunts
       2: domestic swine [syn: {hog}, {pig}, {squealer}, {Sus scrofa}]