different between yell vs grunt

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English ?ellen, yellen, from Old English ?iellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellan?. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gälje (“to yell”), Dutch gillen (“to yell”), German Low German gellen (“to yell”), German gellen (“to yell”).

Verb

yell (third-person singular simple present yells, present participle yelling, simple past and past participle yelled)

1. (intransitive) shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.
2. (transitive) to convey by shouting

   He yelled directions to the party from the car.

3. (slang) to tell someone off (in a loud and angry manner)

   If I come home late again, my dad is gonna yell at me.

Usage notes

To yell at someone is as in a hostile manner, while to yell to someone means to speak loudly so as to be heard.

Synonyms

• (shout): call, cry, holler, shout
• See also Thesaurus:shout

Derived terms

Related terms

• gale
• yelp

Translations

Noun

yell (plural yells)

1. A shout.
2. A phrase to be shouted.
   • 1912, The Michigan Alumnus (volume 18, page 152)

     After the dinner a general reception was held in the spacious parlors of the hotel during which the occasion was very much enlivened with the old college songs and old college yells, which transported us all in mind and feelings […]

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Scots yeld (“ceasing to give milk”).

Adjective

yell (not comparable)

1. (Ulster) dry (of cow)

Anagrams

• Lyle

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English yell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j?l/
• Hyphenation: yell
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

yell m (plural yells)

1. yell, a slogan to be shouted, especially in sports or games (e.g. by players, cheerleaders or the audience)

Related terms

• gil
• gillen
• yellen

Middle English

Noun

yell

1. Alternative form of ?elle

English

Etymology

From Middle English grunten, from Old English grunnettan (“to grunt”), from Proto-Germanic *grunnatjan? (“to grunt”), frequentative of Proto-Germanic *grunn?n? (“to grunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?run- (“to shout”).

Cognate with German grunzen (“to grunt”), Danish grynte (“to grunt”). The noun senses are all instances of zero derivation from the verb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

grunt (plural grunts)

1. A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
2. The snorting cry of a pig.
3. Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae.
4. A person who does ordinary and boring work.

   Synonyms: gofer, lackey, peon

5. (US, military slang) An infantry soldier.

   Coordinate term: pogue
6. (slang) The amount of power of which a vehicle is capable.
   • 1992, Autocar & Motor (volume 192, page 61)

     The engine might not possess quite as much grunt as the later 24v six, but it delivers invigorating performance […]

   • 2006, Torque (February 2006, page 56)

     With this much grunt, it is surprising that the engine is relatively quiet.
7. (Canada, US) A dessert of steamed berries and dough, usually blueberries; blueberry grunt.

   Synonyms: fungy, fungee

Derived terms

• grunt boy
• grunt-level
• grunt level
• grunt work

Translations

Verb

grunt (third-person singular simple present grunts, present participle grunting, simple past and past participle grunted)

1. (intransitive, of a person) To make a grunt or grunts.
2. (intransitive, of a pig) To make a grunt or grunts.
3. (intransitive, Britain, slang) To break wind; to fart.

See also

The frequentative form gruntle.

Translations

References

Middle English

Verb

grunt

1. Alternative form of grunten

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

grunt

1. neuter singular of grunn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

grunt

1. neuter singular of grunn

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grunduz.

Noun

grunt m

1. ground

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: gront
  • Dutch: grond

Further reading

• “grunt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Grund.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?runt/

Noun

grunt m inan

1. (construction, geology) soil
2. ground (the bottom of a body of water)

Declension

Derived terms

• gruntowno??
• gruntowy
• gruntowny
• gruntownie

Further reading

• grunt in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• grunt in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Grund.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rûnt/

Noun

gr?nt m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. (regional) plot of land, lot

Declension

Swedish

Adjective

grunt

1. absolute indefinite neuter form of grund.

Adverb

grunt

1. shallowly