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Grunter

//ˈɡɹʌntə// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who grunts.

    "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. 2
    domestic swine wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of a group of fish of the family Terapontidae, which make a grunting sound when caught.
  4. 4
    a person who grunts wordnet
  5. 5
    A pig. slang

    "We did but keep you surety for our son, / If this be he, — or a draggled mawkin, thou, / That tends her bristled grunters in the sludge[.]"

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  1. 6
    A hook used in lifting a crucible. dated

Etymology

From grunt + -er.

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