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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   grunt

   • IPA[ɡrənt]

   美式

   • v.
     (of an animal, especially a pig) make a low, short guttural sound；(of a person) make a low inarticulate sound, typically to express effort or indicate assent
   • n.
     a low, short guttural sound made by an animal or a person；a low-ranking or unskilled soldier or other worker

   • noun: grunt, plural noun: grunts

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. (of an animal, especially a pig) make a low, short guttural sound an enormous pig grunted and shuffled in a sty outside
   • ▪ (of a person) make a low inarticulate sound, typically to express effort or indicate assent ‘What is it?’ he grunted irritably he grunted his approval and then walked back

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a low, short guttural sound made by an animal or a person with snorts and grunts the animals were coaxed down the ramp he answered with a grunt and made no further reply
   • 2. North American informal a low-ranking or unskilled soldier or other worker he went from grunt to senior executive vice president in less than five years grunt work
   • 3. an edible shoaling fish of tropical inshore waters and coral reefs, able to make a loud noise by grinding its teeth and amplifying the sound in the swim bladder.
   • 4. US a dessert made of fruit topped with dough blueberry grunt