Gruntometer

noun

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Noun

1
A (non-scientific) device for measuring the volume of a tennis player's grunts of exertion.
"In the land of the gruntometer, everyone should soon find out exactly how noisy."

Example

"In the land of the gruntometer, everyone should soon find out exactly how noisy."

Etymology

From grunt + -o- + -meter.

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