GRUNT

I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English grunnettan, frequentative of grunian, of imitative origin Date: before 12th century intransitive verb to utter a ~, transitive verb to utter with a ~, ~er noun II. noun Date: 1553 1. the deep short sound characteristic of a hog, a similar sound, any of a family (Haemulidae syn. Pomadasyidae) of chiefly tropical marine bony fishes, a dessert made by dropping biscuit dough on top of boiling berries and steaming , 4. a United States army or marine foot soldier especially in the Vietnam War, one who does routine unglamorous work