Synonyms: grunt
Definition: medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught
Similar words: percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
Definition: any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
Definition: the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
Similar words: noise
Definition: sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
Usage: he enjoyed the street noises; they heard indistinct noises of people talking; during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels
Synonyms: grunt
Definition: an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker
Usage: infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts; he went from grunt to chairman in six years
Similar words: unskilled person
Definition: a person who lacks technical training
Synonyms: grunt
Definition: issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise
Usage: He grunted his reluctant approval
Similar words: utter, let loose, let out, emit
Definition: express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
Usage: She let out a big heavy sigh; He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand