grunt
/ɡɹʌnt/ verb C2- To make a grunt or grunts.
- To make a grunt or grunts.
He/she/it grunts · Past grunted · Past participle grunted · -ing form grunting
Verb forms
- Base form
- grunt
- He/she/it
- grunts
- Past
- grunted
- Past participle
- grunted
- -ing form
- grunting
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On one occasion the shepherd laid hold of him, when he grunted, and squeaked, and resisted violently.
“The fool has had no more sense than to jump at a woodcutter’s campfire, and has burned his feet,” said Father Wolf with a grunt.
Then the only other creature who is allowed at the Pack Council--Baloo, the sleepy brown bear who teaches the wolf cubs the Law of the Jungle: old Baloo, who can come and go where he pleases because he eats only nuts and roots and honey--rose upon his hind quarters and grunted.
What dost thou know of softness, old Iron-feet?” Bagheera grunted.
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