āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to grunt
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āĻā§āĻāĻāĻā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
(of animals, especially pigs) to make a low sound from the nose and throat
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The boar grunted loudly to assert dominance in the herd.
āĻļā§āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻ˛āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ§āĻŋāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻŦāĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
(of a person) to make a short, low sound often expressing effort, struggle, or dissatisfaction
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He grunted with exertion as he pushed the stuck car out of the snowbank.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĸāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻā§āĻāĻāĻ¨, āĻŦāĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
(of a person) to utter a few words in a rough or nonchalant voice, especially when one does not want to talk extensively
Transitive: to grunt words
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She grunted a reply and continued reading her book.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ, āĻā§āĻā§āĻāĻ¨
a low sound such as the one that a pig makes
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āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ, āĻā§āĻ¨āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ
medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught
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āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯, āĻ āĻĻāĻā§āĻˇ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§
an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker
