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yelp

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /j?lp/
  • Rhymes: -?lp

Etymology 1

From Middle English ?elp, yelp, from Old English ?ielp (boasting, arrogance, pride), from Proto-Germanic *gelp? (boasting), from Proto-Indo-European *g?el- (to shout).

Noun

yelp (plural yelps)

  1. An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.
    The puppy let out a yelp when I stepped on her tail.
  2. A type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English ?elpen, yelpen, from Old English ?ielpan (to boast), from Proto-Germanic *gelpan?. Compare Saterland Frisian jalpe (to bleep; cheep).

Verb

yelp (third-person singular simple present yelps, present participle yelping, simple past and past participle yelped)

  1. To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise.
    The children yelped with delight as they played in the cold water.
Translations

Anagrams

  • Pyle

Middle English

Noun

yelp

  1. Alternative form of ?elp

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grunt

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

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