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What is the noun for grunts?

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grunt

A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
The snorting cry of a pig.
Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae.
A person who does ordinary and boring work.
(United States Army and Marine Corps slang) An infantry soldier. (From the verb, just like all the other senses.)
(slang) The amount of power of which a vehicle is capable.
(Canada) A dessert of steamed berries and dough, usually blueberries; blueberry grunt.
Synonyms:

mutter, mumble, murmur, murmuring, muttering, grunting, groan, growl, grumble, huff, snort, mumblage, whisper, whispering, undertone, babble, drone, purr, buzz, hum, buzzing, humming, murmuration, sigh, sough, susurrus, susurration, low voice, rumble, rumor, rumour, sighing, hushed tone, soft voice, low tones, hushed tones, subdued voice, low tone, reverberation, rumbling, din, boom, echo, noise, sound, resounding … more

Examples:

“Some visits he was grumpy and sullen, offering only a grunt or two toward her attempts at making conversation.”

“A whistling noise was answered by a grunt from the engine, and away went the train.”

“Three months post-prison and working as a grunt in someone else's shop, the last thing the man needed was to be accused of something he hadn't done.”

grunter

One who grunts.
Any of a group of fish of the family Terapontidae, which make a grunting sound when caught.
(dated, brass founding) A hook used in lifting a crucible.
Synonyms:

growler, snorter, groaner, tiger perch

Examples:

“The grunter in the gym always startled others with their loud and vigorous weightlifting grunts.”

“I caught a grunter while fishing in the river, which turned out to be a rare species from the family Terapontidae.”

“The result was a 3kg grunter for their fry and a fish eagle having to look further afield for its meal.”

gruntle

a grunting sound
a snort

gruntometer

A (non-scientific) device for measuring the volume of a tennis player's grunts of exertion.

gruntling

the act or process of grunting or snorting

gruntling

A young hog or pig.

grunting

A sound that grunts.
Synonyms:

mutter, mumble, murmur, murmuring, muttering, grunt, groan, growl, grumble, huff, snort, mumblage, whisper, whispering, undertone, babble, drone, purr, buzz, hum, buzzing, humming, murmuration, sigh, sough, susurrus, susurration, low voice, rumble, rumor, rumour, sighing, hushed tone, soft voice, low tones, hushed tones, subdued voice, low tone … more

Examples:

“Despite the noise of the crowd, I strained to catch fragments of the grunting in the next room.”

gruntometers

plural of gruntometer

gruntlings

plural of gruntling

gruntings

plural of grunting
Synonyms:

mutters, mumbles, murmurs, murmurings, mutterings, grunts, growls, grumbles, huffs, groans, snorts, mumblage, drones, babble, undertones, purrs, whispers, whisperings, whizzes, whirrs, hums, whirs, vibration, chirrs, burrs, whines, churrs, buzzes, purrings, zooms, whirrings, thrums, sighings, buzzing, dronings, susurrations, throbs, bombination, thrummings, susurruses, throbbings, sound, sighs, hissings, hisses … more

Examples:

“Although compared to the runty gruntings of their contemporaries they sound as forward thinking as Varese, Stockhausen, and Cameo put together.”

grunters

plural of grunter
Synonyms:

growlers, snorters, groaners, hogs, sows, boars, porkers, swine, pigs, piggies, piglets, oinkers, baconers, shoats, porkies, cutters, wild boars, peccaries … more

gruntles

plural of gruntle

grunts

plural of grunt
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