grunty

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

grunt +‎ -y

Adjective[edit]

grunty (comparative gruntier, superlative gruntiest)

  1. Making grunting sounds.
    • 1996, Robert Amerson, From the Hidewood: memories of a Dakota neighborhood, page 75:
      They let the hog loose, and the squeal subsided into a grunty moaning as it wandered erratically, the red draining pink into the snow around the yard.
  2. Resembling grunt work; repetitive, mindless, unrewarding.