| grunt | | |
| n. (event) | 1. grunt, oink | the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs. |
| ~ noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound).; "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" |
| n. (person) | 2. grunt | an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker.; "infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts"; "he went from grunt to chairman in six years" |
| ~ unskilled person | a person who lacks technical training. |
| n. (animal) | 3. grunt | medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught. |
| ~ percoid, percoid fish, percoidean | any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes. |
| ~ family haemulidae, haemulidae | grunts. |
| ~ haemulon album, margate | a grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to Brazil. |
| ~ haemulon macrostomum, spanish grunt | a kind of grunt. |
| ~ haemulon aurolineatum, tomtate | found off the West Indies and Florida. |
| ~ cottonwick, haemulon malanurum | of warm Atlantic waters. |
| ~ haemulon parra, sailors choice, sailor's-choice | a grunt found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexico. |
| ~ anisotremus virginicus, pork-fish, porkfish | black and gold grunt found from Bermuda to Caribbean to Brazil. |
| ~ anisotremus surinamensis, black margate, pompon | dusky grey food fish found from Louisiana and Florida southward. |
| ~ orthopristis chrysopterus, hogfish, pigfish | found from Long Island southward. |
| v. (communication) | 4. grunt | issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise.; "He grunted his reluctant approval" |
| ~ let loose, let out, utter, emit | express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words).; "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" |
| let go | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. let go, let go of, release, relinquish | release, as from one's grip.; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall" |
| ~ muster out, discharge | release from military service. |
| ~ unclasp | release from a clasp.; "She clasped and unclasped her hands" |
| ~ pop | release suddenly.; "pop the clutch" |
| ~ toggle | release by a toggle switch.; "toggle a bomb from an airplane" |
| ~ unhand | remove the hand from. |
| ~ bring out, let out | bring out of a specific state. |
| ~ unleash | release or vent.; "unleash one's anger" |
| ~ let loose, loose, unleash | turn loose or free from restraint.; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity" |
| ~ unleash | release from a leash.; "unleash the dogs in the park" |
| ~ disengage, withdraw | release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles.; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears" |
| v. (stative) | 2. let go | be relaxed.; "Don't be so worried all the time--just let go!" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
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