What does grunting mean?
Grunting means present participle and gerund of grunt.
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/ˈɡɹʌntɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of grunt.
the gruntings of contented pigs
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.
Use grunting when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Grunting means present participle and gerund of grunt.
Common synonyms include inarticulate, unarticulate.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
the gruntings of contented pigs
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