how to pronounce grunt

/ɡɹʌnt/

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the above transcription of grunt is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

grunt is pronounced in one syllable

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video examples of grunt pronunciation

An example use of grunt in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… quite closed to grunt that's when you …”

meaning of grunt

Grunt is a sound made by a person who is exerting a lot of effort.

grunt frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word grunt occurs in english on average 2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics grunt can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that grunt can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;