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verb | noun gruntgrunt1 /grʌnt/ ●○○ verb ETYMOLOGYgrunt1Origin: Old English grunettan VERB TABLEgrunt |
Present | I, you, we, they | grunt | | he, she, it | grunts | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | grunted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have grunted | | he, she, it | has grunted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had grunted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will grunt | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have grunted |
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Present | I | am grunting | | he, she, it | is grunting | | you, we, they | are grunting | Past | I, he, she, it | was grunting | | you, we, they | were grunting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been grunting | | he, she, it | has been grunting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been grunting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be grunting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been grunting |
1[intransitive, transitive] to make short sounds or say only a few words in a low rough voice, when you do not want to talk: He just grunted “Hi,” and kept walking.2[intransitive] if a person or animal, especially a pig, grunts, he, she, or it makes short low sounds deep in the throat verb | noun gruntgrunt2 noun [countable] 1a short low sound made in your throat, or a similar sound that an animal makes, especially a pig: He stood up with a grunt.2slang an infantry soldier |