"gruntometer" meaning in All languages combined

See gruntometer on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: gruntometers [plural]
Etymology: From grunt + -o- + -meter. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|grunt|-o-|-meter}} grunt + -o- + -meter Head templates: {{en-noun}} gruntometer (plural gruntometers)
  1. A (non-scientific) device for measuring the volume of a tennis player's grunts of exertion.

Inflected forms

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