Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To grunt.
- To be sulky.
- n. A grunting sound.
- n. A snout.
Wiktionary
- v. To grunt.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To grunt; to grunt repeatedly.
WordNet 3.0
- v. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
Examples
“The OED and Merriam-Webster list that play on a word as a back-formation from disgruntle, and the word gruntle is born again—meaning “to put in a good humor.””
“There is a little more about it here, where you can also read a short history of gruntle.”
“Haow duz he getz hiz gruntle bak? ai nebbur did unnurstan dat. just wut iz a gruntle?”
Of course I ate him. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Haow duz he getz hiz gruntle bak? ai nebbur did unnurstan dat.”
Of course I ate him. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Poar kitteh haz losted hims gruntle adn haz no moar illusions az wel!”
Disgruntled - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“July 16, 2008 at 12:30 pm lotz of tings at werk kan maek u loos yur gruntle..”
Disgruntled - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“And the noise that it sent out was strange and slow, and it did seem to gruntle gently unto itself in that lonesome hollow, as that it had made a long and quiet grumbling there, through Eternity.”
“While her gruntle-status remains unclear, via Josh Marshall I see this startling phrase in an NYT story today:As she prepares to leave her job at the end of the year, Ms. Rice, the president's national security adviser, now finds herself at the center of a political storm, furiously defending both the White House and her own reputation.”
“You might think that if the old gruntle meant “complain,” then disgruntle would mean “to stop from complaining,” but language is not always logical.”
“The frequentive of wrest is wrestle; of prate, prattle; of spark, sparkle; and the frequentive of grunt is gruntle.”
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derumi Original meaning is to grunt, as a pig. Nowadays, some use the word (either in jest, or seriously) to mean the opposite of disgruntle. Jul 24, 2009
mollusque Swine are gruntled by gruntling. See rootled. Nov 17, 2007
chained_bear Well, it definitely gruntles. If it nuzzles as well, I bet it gets whatever it's nuzzling wet. Ick. Nov 17, 2007
reesetee Hmm. Think that pig nuzzles? Nov 17, 2007
yarb I always think of the proverbial pig in shit, gruntling away, as favourably disposed as a pig can be. Nov 17, 2007
reesetee Apparently so. Its obsolete meaning is more fun, though: To grunt repeatedly. :-) Nov 17, 2007
jennarenn It's a real word? Nov 16, 2007