Grunt (grnt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Grunting.]
[OE. grunten; akin to As. grunian, G. grunzen, Dan. grynte, Sw. grymta;
all prob. of imitative; or perh. akin to E. groan.] To make a deep,
short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groan or a deep guttural sound.
Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life.
Shak.
Grunting ox (Zoˆl.), the yak.
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Grunt (grnt), n. 1. A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog.
2. (Zoˆl.) Any one of several species of American food fishes, of the
genus HÊmulon, allied to the snappers, as, the black grunt (A.
Plumieri), and the redmouth grunt (H. aurolineatus), of the Southern
United States; -- also applied to allied species of the genera
Pomadasys, Orthopristis, and Pristopoma. Called also pigfish, squirrel
fish, and grunter; -- so called from the noise it makes when taken.
Grunt"er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, grunts; specifically, a
hog. "Bristled grunters." Tennyson.
2. (Zoˆl.) One of several American marine fishes. See Sea robin, and
Grunt, n., 2.