grunting

Speech parts

1. grunting - Noun

2. grunting - Adjective

3. grunting - Verb

Meaning

of Grunt

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mutter bellowing calling crying murmur croaking murmuring grunt growl snarl mumble muttering chattering grumble crowing
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Antonyms

roaring bellowing calling listening confirming crying
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Phrases with the word

grunting trevally

Examples

When I work I am pure as an angel tiger and clear is my eye and hot my brain and silent all the whining grunting piglets of the appetites. Marge Piercy

The two men were greedily hunched over the table, like two wolves disputing a carcass, but their muttered speech in the echoing hall resembled more the grunting of pigs. One was less than a wolf: he was a public prosecutor. The other was more than a pig, he was a chief commissioner of police. Jan Neruda

[The] swarming, grunting masses of jackals... Conrad Black

A pig bought on credit is forever grunting. Spanish Proverb

One chops the wood, the other does the grunting. Yiddish Proverb

A grunting donkey is nothing to be ashamed of. Corsican Proverb

Close letter words and terms

grunter Grunth gruntiness grunting ox grunting trevally gruntingly