gruntlen.
/ˈɡrʌnt(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈɡrənt(ə)l/, Scottish English /ˈɡrʌnt(ə)l/ Scottish.
1.
a. The snout of a pig, or other animal.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > defined by parts > (parts of) snout
groin13..
rowelc1425
wort1500
gruntle1535
1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 2109 Heir is ane relict..The gruntill of Sanct Antonis sow, Quhilk buir his haly bell.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 123 Slay out of hand a swyne that eites the corne, or wt the gruntle casting vp the tilet ground.
c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 235 Xiij grysis, off the quhilkis, thair wes ane a monstoure. It haid the gruntill thairof in the heich of the heed.
1824 J. Telfer in Whitelaw Bk. Sc. Ballads (1875) 460/2 The stinkan brocke Shotte up hir gruntle to see.
1844 J. Jack Hist. St. Monance iv. 36 [The pig] presented its ominous grunkle full in his view.
b. transferred. The face of a man, etc. (Cf. muzzle n.1)
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a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 204 The gallowis gaipis eftir thy graceles gruntill.
1786 R. Burns Poems 27 May..Gouts torment him, inch by inch, Wha twists his gruntle wi' a glunch O' sour disdain, Out owre a glass o' Whisky-punch Wi' honest men.
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 50 Some Papists said it was the Deil; Na, na; it was some better chiel; I ken his grunkle unca weil.
2. A little grunt; a subdued grunting sound.
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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > grunt or snort
snorec1330
grunt?1615
gruntlea1689
sneer17..
snort1808
snork1814
a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 92 He threw a gruntle, hands did fold, [etc.].
a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 139 Can lintie's music be compar'd Wi' gruntles frae the City Guard?
1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 159 Presently he hears a squeak, An' then a grane an' gruntle.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
gruntlev.
/ˈɡrʌnt(ə)l/ 1. intransitive. To utter a little or low grunt. Said of swine, occasionally of other animals; rarely of persons. Const. against, at. Obsolete exc. dialect.
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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)] > grunt or snort
grunnyc1340
groinc1400
gruntlec1400
snorec1400
snortc1405
snortle1577
snork1807
snark1866
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound
gruntc725
gruntlec1400
wrine1570
fream1575
whick1693
oink1933
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxx. 135 Þai..spekez noȝt, bot gruntils as swyne duse.
15.. Gyre-Carling 20 in Laing Anc. Pop. Poetry 275 The Carling schup hir in ane sow, and is hir gaitis gane Gruntlyng our the Greik sie.
1603 tr. Batchelars Banquet sig. A4v She..seemes on a suddaine to awake from a sound sleepe, gruntling and nusling under the sheets.
1605 Z. Jones tr. P. le Loyer Treat. Specters 11 Shee growing enraged, made so filthy a noyse and gruntled so horribly against him.
1679 J. Dryden Troilus & Cressida iv. ii. 54 So, so; the boars begin to gruntle at one another: set up your bristles now a' both sides.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 134/2 An Elke, when he sendeth forth his Cry, gruntleth.
1735 W. Somervile Chace iv. 338 By Circe's Charms To Swine transform'd, ran gruntling thro' the Groves.
1777 Justification 29 The tythe-pig gruntles in the vicar's ear.
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 76 To Gruntle, to grunt in a low or murmuring tone, as a sickly cow.
2. To grumble, murmur, complain.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)]
murkeOE
misspeakOE
yomer971
chidea1000
murkenOE
grutch?c1225
mean?a1300
hum13..
plainta1325
gruntc1325
plainc1325
musea1382
murmurc1390
complain1393
contrary1393
flitec1400
pinea1425
grummec1430
aggrudge1440
hoinec1440
mutterc1450
grudge1461
channerc1480
grunch1487
repine1529
storm?1553
expostulate1561
grumblea1586
gruntle1591
chunter1599
swagger1599
maunder1622
orp1634
objurgate1642
pitter1672
yelp1706
yammer1794
natter1804
murgeon1808
groan1816
squawk1875
jower1879
grouse1887
beef1888
to whip the cat1892
holler1904
yip1907
peeve1912
grouch1916
nark1916
to sound off1918
create1919
moana1922
crib1925
tick1925
bitch1930
gripe1932
bind1942
drip1942
kvetchc1950
to rag on1979
wrinch2011
1591 R. Bruce Serm. Edinb. i. sig. B4 It becommeth vs not to haue our hearts heir gruntling vpon this earth.
1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 237 He cannot endure that wee should gruntle against him with stubborne sullennesse.
1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Dd2/1 She does nothing but gruntle.
1876 ‘P. Pyper’ Mr. Gray & Neighbours II. 138 There's some on 'em..is gruntling over it above a bit.
Derivatives
ˈgruntler n. rare a grumbler.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > one who complains
grucchildc1230
grutchera1250
groinera1382
musera1382
plainerc1400
plaintiff?a1439
fretter?1504
complainant1525
complainer1526
repiner1551
grudger1552
moaner1628
grumbler1633
querulist1647
maunderer1653
growler1753
grumbletonian1773
smellfungus1807
crib-biter1809
expostulatora1834
squinny1849
groaner1876
grouser1885
squealer1889
gruntler1893
grump1900
grouch1901
screamer1902
Moaning Minnie1934
narker1937
binder1944
1893 Standard 2 Sept. 3/2 If they were gruntlers, the chief gruntler was the Secretary of State for War.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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