Grunting
//ˈɡɹʌntɪŋ// adj, noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A sound of grunts.
"the gruntings of contented pigs"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of grunt form-of, gerund, participle, present
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."
Example
More examples"In the evening I went out on safari again, at night I fell asleep hearing the grunting of the hippos."
Etymology
From Middle English gruntynge (“grunting”); equivalent to grunt + -ing.
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