<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to utter the deep, guttural sound characteristic of a hog.</li><li>to utter a similar sound.</li><li>to grumble, as in discontent.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a sound of grunting.</li><li>New England Cooking. a dessert, typically of cherries, peaches, or apples sweetened and spiced, and topped with biscuit dough.</li><li>pandowdy.</li><li>any food fish of the family Pomadasyidae (Haemulidae), found chiefly in tropical and subtropical seas, that emits grunting sounds.</li><li>Slang. a soldier, especially an infantryman.</li><li>Slang. a common or unskilled worker; laborer.</li></ul>