grunting

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of grunt

plural gruntings

1. A sound of grunts.

   the gruntings of contented pigs

1. not comparableProducing grunts.

   1 more example

   Tired with the heat and my walk, I threw myself down on the grass in the shadow of the house, where I lay half-asleep enjoying a quiet rest, when I was startled by an unpleasant clamour, the jarring voice of a woman, who was trying by alternately scolding and using pet names to pacify a litter of grunting pigs on the farm.

   1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 278