Grunt (G.I. Joe)
WordNet
noun
(1) Medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught
(2) The short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
(3) An unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker
"Infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts"
"He went from grunt to chairman in six years"
verb
(4) Issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise
"He grunted his reluctant approval"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A short, snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
- The cry of a pig when it makes its snorting cry.
- A family of Perciformes fish of the family Haemulidae
- (Army and United States Marine Corps slang) An infantry soldier. (From the sound he presumably makes when shouldering a pack before starting a road march.)
Verb
- Frequentative: gruntle
- Of a person: To make a grunt or grunts.
- Of a pig: To make a grunt or grunts.