Grunt, grunts or grunting may refer to:

Sound and music

Grunting (tennis) Grunting in tennis is a loud noise made by some players while hitting their shots. Such noises have sometimes been described as "shrieking" or "screaming". Monica Seles, and Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe are generally considered to be the "grunt ...

, in tennis refers to the loud noise, sometimes described as "shrieking" or "screaming", made by some players during their strokes *

Death grunt A death growl, or simply growl, is an extended vocal technique usually employed in extreme styles of music, particularly in death metal and other extreme subgenres of heavy metal music. Death growl vocals are sometimes criticized for their ...

, the death metal singing style *

Grunt Records Grunt Records was a vanity label founded in 1971 by Jefferson Airplane and distributed by RCA Records. Initially created to sign local Bay Area acts, the label later was used only for Jefferson Starship and Hot Tuna releases. The label ended use ...

, a vanity label founded in 1971 by Jefferson Airplane and distributed by RCA Records * "

The Grunt "The Grunt" is a funk instrumental recorded in 1970 by James Brown's band The J.B.'s. It was released as a two-part single on King. It was one of only two instrumental singles recorded by the original J.B.'s lineup with Bootsy and Catfish Colli ...

", a 1970 instrumental recording by The J.B.'s

Food and animals

* A jug of 32 ounces of liquid, half a growler (usually beer) * A food preparation similar to a

cobbler Cobbler(s) may refer to: *A person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes Places * The Cobbler, a mountain located near the head of Loch Long in Scotland * Mount Cobbler, Australia Art, entertainment and media * ''The Cobbler'' (1923 film) ...

* A family of fishes, also known as

Haemulidae Haemulidae is a family of fishes in the order Perciformes known commonly as grunts. It is made up of the two subfamilies Haemulinae (grunters) and Plectorhynchinae (sweetlips), which in turn contain about 133 species in 19 genera. These fish ar ...

* Grunt-fish, the only member of the fish family Rhamphocottidae

Technology

Grunt (software) Grunt is a JavaScript task runner, a tool used to automatically perform frequent tasks such as minification, compilation, unit testing, and linting. It uses a command-line interface to run custom tasks defined in a file (known as a Gruntfile) ...

, a JavaScript Task Runner *

Fobos-Grunt Fobos-Grunt or Phobos-Grunt (russian: link=no, Фобос-Грунт, where ''грунт'' refers to the ''ground'' in the narrow geological meaning of any type of soil or rock exposed on the surface) was an attempted Russian sample return mis ...

, a failed Russian mission to Phobos, one of the moons of Mars

Military

* An

infantry Infantry is a military specialization which engages in ground combat on foot. Infantry generally consists of light infantry, mountain infantry, motorized infantry & mechanized infantry, airborne infantry, air assault infantry, and marine i ...

man, in American military slang *

Grunt (G.I. Joe) Grunt is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and animated series. He is an infantryman with the G.I. Joe Team and debuted in 1982. Profile His real name is Robert W. Graves, and his rank is that o ...

, a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe

Games

Grunt (board wargame) ''Grunt'', subtitled "The Game of Tactical Level Combat in Vietnam", is a tactical level board wargame published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in 1971, set in the Vietnam War. Description ''Grunt'' is a 2-player wargame that simulates n ...

, a 1971 tactical wargame * ''

Gruntz Gruntz is a puzzle/strategy game for Personal computer, PC, developed and published in February 1999 by Monolith Productions. It is packaged with a level editor and can be played in single and multiplayer modes. The game received mostly avera ...

'', a 1999 puzzle/strategy game Many games use the "simple soldier" meaning, to a point that the word is now common parlance within gaming communities for the easiest 'popcorn' enemies: * A ''

Warcraft ''Warcraft'' is a franchise of video games, novels, and other media created by Blizzard Entertainment. The series is made up of five core games: '' Warcraft: Orcs & Humans'', '' Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness'', '' Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos ...

'', orcish warrior * The simplest unit in the video game '' Z'' * The smallest enemy in the video game '' Metal Arms: Glitch in the System'' * A class in the multiplayer mode of the video game '' Conker: Live & Reloaded'' * An enemy in the ''

Half-Life Half-life (symbol ) is the time required for a quantity (of substance) to reduce to half of its initial value. The term is commonly used in nuclear physics to describe how quickly unstable atoms undergo radioactive decay or how long stable ato ...

'' universe * The weakest monster in '' Quake'' *

Grunt (Halo) The Halo (series), ''Halo'' video game and media franchise takes place in a fictional science fiction universe. In the distant past, a race known as the Forerunners fought the parasitic Flood. The Forerunners ultimately activate weapons of mass d ...

, an alien in the game ''Halo'' *

Grunt (Mass Effect) The ''Mass Effect'' series, a military science fiction media franchise developed by Canadian video game developer BioWare and owned by American publisher Electronic Arts, features an extensive cast of characters. It is primarily based on a seri ...

, Krogan squadmate in ''Mass Effect 2'' * A low-ranking member of a

crime syndicate Organized crime (or organised crime) is a category of transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit. While organized crime is generally th ...

in the ''Pokémon'' games

Fiction

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Grunts! ''Grunts!'' (1992) is a satiric fantasy novel by British writer Mary Gentle. It is set in a basic fantasy world taken from the usual ''The Lord of the Rings'' mould, with orcs and elves using magic and typical medieval weaponry, but it plays h ...

'', a 1992 fantasy novel by Mary Gentle * ''Grunt!'', a 1983 Italian film featured in the movie ''

Troll 2 ''Troll 2'' is a 1990 horror film directed by Claudio Fragasso (under the pseudonym Drake Floyd) and starring Michael Stephenson, George Hardy, Connie McFarland, and Jason Wright. Although produced under the title ''Goblins'', the American ...

'' * ''

The Brothers Grunt ''The Brothers Grunt'' is an adult animated comedy television series, and the earliest series made by ''Ed, Edd n Eddy'' creator Danny Antonucci. It originally aired from August 15, 1994, to April 9, 1995, on MTV. It centers on five humanoids, na ...

'', an MTV animated series

Other uses

Michał Grunt Michał Grunt (born 10 September 1993) is a Polish professional footballer playing as a forward for IV liga club Mazur Karczew. Club career Born in Sosnowiec, Grunt made his professional debut with local club Zaglebie Sosnowiec, scoring a goal ...

(born 1993), Polish professional footballer *

Grunt (horse) Grunt (foaled 12 November 2014) is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse bred in New Zealand and trained in Australia. He won two Group One races, and over a million dollars. Career Grunt made his debut on 20 May 2017 at Flemington. Jumping at odd ...

* Grunts, the main species in Madness Combat