grunt

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So you could replace `make` with `grunt` or `gulp` or whatever.

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Quick take

the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of grunt gathered in one view.

noun

the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs

noun

an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker; "infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts"; "he went from grunt to chairman in six years"

noun

medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for grunt.

noun

the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs

noun

an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker; "infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts"; "he went from grunt to chairman in six years"

noun

medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught

verb

issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise; "He grunted his reluctant approval"

Example sentences

So you could replace `make` with `grunt` or `gulp` or whatever.

Well, at least I have done some grunt work to illustrate his arguments.

Laughably my command thought I was undercover CID, how else would a dumb grunt be so smart?

If nothing else it was a great way to learn about what the company did by doing low-level grunt work.

Because if you're putting 8 hours per day into order-following grunt work, you're an idiot.

Putting the really on the end turns the "how are you" from a monolithic grunt of acknowledgement into a real sentence.

Here is an anecdote: A similar data-entry grunt creates a set of excel macros on his private time at home, then presents his work to his team at a meeting.

Doing it by hand is also strictly grunt work: you don't gain anything by having placed it by hand other than the possibility that you made a mistake somewhere and now your element will never be found.