Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To grunt.
- To be sulky.
- noun A grunting sound.
- noun A snout.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To grunt; to grunt repeatedly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb humorous To humour; to induce the opposite effect of causing a person to become
disgruntled . - verb obsolete To utter small, low
grunts . - verb obsolete To
complain ; togrumble
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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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.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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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.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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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.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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There is a little more about it here, where you can also read a short history of gruntle.
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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? 2010
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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? 2010
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Poar kitteh haz losted hims gruntle adn haz no moar illusions az wel!
Disgruntled - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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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? 2008
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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.
The Night Land 2007
jennarenn commented on the word gruntle
It's a real word?
November 16, 2007
reesetee commented on the word gruntle
Apparently so. Its obsolete meaning is more fun, though: To grunt repeatedly. :-)
November 17, 2007
yarb commented on the word gruntle
I always think of the proverbial pig in shit, gruntling away, as favourably disposed as a pig can be.
November 17, 2007
reesetee commented on the word gruntle
Hmm. Think that pig nuzzles?
November 17, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word gruntle
Well, it definitely gruntles. If it nuzzles as well, I bet it gets whatever it's nuzzling wet. Ick.
November 17, 2007
mollusque commented on the word gruntle
Swine are gruntled by gruntling. See rootled.
November 17, 2007
derumi commented on the word gruntle
Original meaning is to grunt, as a pig. Nowadays, some use the word (either in jest, or seriously) to mean the opposite of disgruntle.
July 24, 2009