"grunting" meaning in English

See grunting in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɡɹʌntɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-grunting.wav [US]
Etymology: From Middle English gruntynge (“grunting”); equivalent to grunt + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gruntynge|t=grunting}} Middle English gruntynge (“grunting”), {{af|en|grunt|-ing}} grunt + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} grunting (not comparable)
  1. Producing grunts. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: gruntingly, grunting ox Translations (a sound that grunts): grunnītus [masculine] (Latin)
    Sense id: en-grunting-en-adj-D55nBIzm

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɹʌntɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-grunting.wav [US] Forms: gruntings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English gruntynge (“grunting”); equivalent to grunt + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gruntynge|t=grunting}} Middle English gruntynge (“grunting”), {{af|en|grunt|-ing}} grunt + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} grunting (plural gruntings)
  1. A sound of grunts.
    Sense id: en-grunting-en-noun-Ck3lDL1y

Verb

IPA: /ˈɡɹʌntɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-grunting.wav [US]
Etymology: From Middle English gruntynge (“grunting”); equivalent to grunt + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gruntynge|t=grunting}} Middle English gruntynge (“grunting”), {{af|en|grunt|-ing}} grunt + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} grunting
  1. present participle and gerund of grunt Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: grunt
    Sense id: en-grunting-en-verb-X6xml5NV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 2 69 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 26 9 65

Inflected forms

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