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2. To growl; to snarl in deep tones; as, a lion grumbling over his prey.

3. To rumble; to make a low, harsh, and heavy sound; to mutter; as, the distant thunder grumbles.

Grum"ble, v. t. To express or utter with grumbling.

Grum"ble, n. 1. The noise of one that grumbles.

2. A grumbling, discontented disposition.

A bad case of grumble.

Mrs. H. H. Jackson.

Grum"bler (?), n. One who grumbles.

Grum"bling*ly, adv. In a grumbling manner.

Grume (grm), n. [OF. grume, cf. F. grumeau a little heap, clot of blood, dim. fr. L. grumus.] A thick, viscid fluid; a clot, as of blood. Quincy.

Grum"ly (?), adv. In a grum manner.

Gru*mose" (?), a. (Bot.) Clustered in grains at intervals; grumous.

Gru"mous (?), a. [Cf. F. grumeleux. See Grume.] 1. Resembling or containing grume; thick; concreted; clotted; as, grumous blood.

2. (Bot.) See Grumose.

Gru"mous*ness, n. The state of being grumous.

Grump"i*ly (?), adv. In a surly manner; sullenly. [Colloq.]

Grump"y (?), a. [Cf. Grumble, and Grum.] Surly; dissatisfied; grouty. [Collog.] Ferby.

Grun"del (?), n. [See Groundling.] (Zoˆl.) A groundling (fish). [Prov. Eng.]

Grundsel (?), n. Groundsel. [Obs.]

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.