grunts

Low effort noises

Grunts are short, low sounds made with effort or minimal communication—the noise of physical exertion, acknowledgment without words, or animal vocalizations.

Pigs grunt.

So do people lifting heavy objects or responding noncommittally: He answered with a grunt.

In military slang, a grunt is an infantry soldier—someone doing the hard, unglamorous work on the ground.

The term extends to any low-level worker: corporate grunts.

soldiers

infantry

Ground combat troops

privatesLowest enlisted rank
enlisteesVoluntary military joiners
troopsMilitary personnel collectively

marines · recruits · draftees · dogfaces · platoon · squad · servicemen · combatants · personnel · rank-and-file

sounds

snort

Noisy nasal exhale

groanLow vocal expression of distress
moanLow vocal complaint
utteranceSpoken expression aloud

noise · vocalization · murmur · growl · huff · snarl · rumble · exhalation · wheeze · rasp

exertion

strain

Excessive stretching force

heaveForceful lift or throw
liftMechanism for vertical transport
pushForce something away

pull · weightlifting · squat · deadlift · effort · struggle · labor · toil · straining · powerlifting

fish

pigfish

Sound-producing marine fish

croakerFish producing grunting sounds
reefUnderwater rock or coral formation
tropicalOf hot, humid regions

schooling · Atlantic · snapper · coral · porkfish · bream

grunts

infantry

snort

strain

pigfish

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