grunt
Definitions
Noun
- The short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
- An unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker
- Medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught
Verb
- Issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise
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As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "grunt".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grunted | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | grunt | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | grunting | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | disgruntled | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | disgruntlement | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | disgruntling | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | gruntal | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | gruntal's | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | grunts | 1 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "grunt".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "grunt".
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Words that are statistically associated with "grunt" in the same piece of text.
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 4
Fragments: 9
Sound Alikes: 5
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 2
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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