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, Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe are generally considered to be the "grunt crea ...

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

Death grunt The 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. Sometimes death growl vocals are 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 us ...

, 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 Collins. ...

", 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 shoes * Cobbler (food), a type of pie Places * The Cobbler, a mountain located near the head of Loch Long in Scotland * Mount Cobbler, Australia Art, entertainment and media * ''The Cobbler' ...

* A family of fishes, also known as

Haemulidae Haemulidae is a family (biology), family of fishes in the order (biology), order Perciformes known commonly as grunts. It is made up of the two subfamily, subfamilies Haemulinae (grunts) and Plectorhynchinae (sweetlips), which contain about 133 ...

Grunt-fish The grunt sculpin or grunt-fish (''Rhamphocottus richardsonii'') is a small fish mainly found in the Pacific Ocean, eastern Pacific Ocean. The grunt sculpin generally remains close to shore and is often found in empty Balanus nubilus, giant barn ...

, 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 () was an attempted Russian sample return mission to Phobos (moon), Phobos, one of the moons of Mars. Fobos-Grunt also carried the Chinese Mars orbiter Yinghuo-1 and the tiny Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment f ...

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

Military

* An

infantry Infantry, or infantryman are a type of soldier who specialize in ground combat, typically fighting dismounted. Historically the term was used to describe foot soldiers, i.e. those who march and fight on foot. In modern usage, the term broadl ...

man, in American military slang * Grunt (G.I. Joe), 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. It was the first board wargame to focus on squad level comba ...

, 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 ave ...

'', a 1999 puzzle/strategy game Many games use the "simple soldier" meaning, to the 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 six 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 is a mathematical and scientific description of exponential or gradual decay. Half-life, half life or halflife may also refer to: Film * Half-Life (film), ''Half-Life'' (film), a 2008 independent film by Jennifer Phang * ''Half Life: ...

'' universe * The weakest monster in '' Quake'' * Grunt (Halo), 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 The Crime Syndicate or Crime Syndicate of America (CSA, with America sometimes spelled Amerika) is a team of supervillains featured in DC Comics. The team is composed of evil Multiverse (DC Comics), parallel-universe counterparts of the Justice Le ...

in the ''Pokémon'' games * The name of a perk in '' Fallout: New Vegas'' * A low ranking soldier in the IMC and Militia found in the campaign and the multiplayer ''

Titanfall 2 ''Titanfall 2'' is a 2016 first-person shooter, first-person shooter game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts. A sequel to 2014's ''Titanfall (video game), Titanfall'', the game was released worldwide on October ...

Fiction

* ''

Grunts! ''Grunts!'' (1992), titled ''Grunts'' in at least one edition, is a satiric fantasy novel by British writer Mary Gentle. Deviating typical secondary world genre fantasy, conventional elements such as orcs and elves, magic and medieval wea ...

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

Troll 2 ''Troll 2'' (or ''Goblins'') is a 1990 independent dark fantasy horror film written and directed by Claudio Fragasso under the pseudonym Drake Floyd. It stars Michael Stephenson, George Hardy, Connie McFarland, and Jason Wright. The plot ...

'' * ''

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 humanoid ...

'', an MTV animated series

Other uses

Michał Grunt Michał Grunt (born 10 September 1993) is a Polish professional footballer playing as a forward. Club career Born in Sosnowiec, Grunt made his professional debut with local club Zaglebie Sosnowiec, scoring a goal on that match. He then sign ...

(born 1993), Polish professional footballer *

Grunt (horse) Grunt (foaled 12 November 2014) is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse and breeding stallion bred in New Zealand and trained in Australia. He won two Group One Group One, Group 1, Grade I or G1 is the term used for the highest level of Thoroughb ...