GRUNTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grunter mean? 

• GRUNTER (noun)
  The noun GRUNTER has 2 senses:

1. a person who grunts

2. domestic swine

  Familiarity information: GRUNTER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRUNTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who grunts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("grunter" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

grunt (issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Domestic swine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

grunter; hog; pig; squealer; Sus scrofa

Hypernyms ("grunter" is a kind of...):

swine (stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals)

Meronyms (parts of "grunter"):

trotter (foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food)

porc; pork (meat from a domestic hog or pig)

Meronyms (substance of "grunter"):

lard (soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grunter"):

porker (a pig fattened to provide meat)

Holonyms ("grunter" is a member of...):

genus Sus; Sus (type genus of the Suidae)

Derivation:

grunt (issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise)