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Webster 1913 Edition

Grunter

Grunt′er

(grŭnt′ẽr)
,
Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, grunts; specifically, a hog.
“Bristled grunters.”
Tennyson.
2.
(Zool.)
One of several American marine fishes. See
Sea robin
, and
Grunt
,
Noun.
, 2.
3.
(Brass Founding)
A hook used in lifting a crucible.

Webster 1828 Edition

Grunter

GRUNT'ER

,
Noun.
One that grunts.
1.
A fish of the gurnard king.

Definition 2024

grunter

grunter

English

Noun

grunter ‎(plural grunters)

  1. One who grunts.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Tennyson
      Bristled grunters.
    • 2007 December 19, Linda Pearce, “Tennis grunters told to stop the racket”, in The Age:
      Dalton, the winner of nine grand slam doubles titles, claims she would have been prepared to forfeit a match against the grunter par excellence, Maria Sharapova — and has urged the current generation of tennis players to do so.
  2. Any of a group of fish of the family Terapontidae, which make a grunting sound when caught.
  3. (dated, brass founding) A hook used in lifting a crucible.

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɽʌntə/
  • Rhymes: -ʌntə(r)

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