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Grunting
//ˈɡɹʌntɪŋ// adj, noun, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Producing grunts. not-comparable
"Tired with the heat and my walk, I threw myself down on the grass in the shadow of the house, where I lay half-asleep enjoying a quiet rest, when I was startled by an unpleasant clamour, the jarring voice of a woman, who was trying by alternately scolding and using pet names to pacify a litter of grunting pigs on the farm."
Noun
- 1 A sound of grunts.
"the gruntings of contented pigs"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of grunt form-of, gerund, participle, present
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English gruntynge (“grunting”); equivalent to grunt + -ing.
Etymology 2
From Middle English gruntynge (“grunting”); equivalent to grunt + -ing.
Etymology 3
From Middle English gruntynge (“grunting”); equivalent to grunt + -ing.
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