grunt

n. பன்றியின் உறுமல், உறுமல் ஒலி, மீன்வகை, (வினை) உறுமு, முறுமுறுப்புக் காட்டு, உறுமுதல் வாயிலாகக் குறைபட்டுக்கொள், சலிப்புக்காட்டி உறுமு, சீறியுரை.

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Grunt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Grunting.] Etym: [OE. grunten; akin to As. grunian, G. grunzen, Dan. grynte, Sw. grymta; all prob. of imitative; or perh. akin to E. groan.] Defn: 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 (Zoöl.), the yak. Grunt, n. 1. A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog. 2. (Zoöl.) Defn: Any one of several species of American food fishes, of the genus Hæmulon, 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.