Grunt, grunts or grunting may refer to:
Sound and music
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Grunting (tennis), in tennis refers to the loud noise, sometimes described as "shrieking" or "screaming", made by some players during their strokes
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Death grunt, the death metal singing style
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Grunt Records, a vanity label founded in 1971 by Jefferson Airplane and distributed by RCA Records
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"The Grunt", a 1970 instrumental recording by The J.B.'s
Food and animals
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A jug of 32 ounces of liquid, half a growler (usually beer)
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A food preparation similar to a cobbler
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A family of fishes, also known as Haemulidae
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Grunt-fish, the only member of the fish family Rhamphocottidae
Technology
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Grunt (software), a JavaScript Task Runner
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Fobos-Grunt, a failed Russian mission to Phobos, one of the moons of Mars
Military
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An , in American military slang
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Grunt (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
Games
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Grunt (board wargame), a 1971 tactical wargame
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Gruntz, 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:
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A Warcraft, orcish warrior
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The simplest unit in the video game Z
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The smallest enemy in the video game
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A class in the multiplayer mode of the video game
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An enemy in the Half-Life universe
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The weakest monster in Quake
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Grunt (Halo), an alien in the game Halo
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Grunt (Mass Effect), Krogan squadmate in Mass Effect 2
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A low-ranking member of a crime syndicate in the Pokémon games
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The name of a perk in
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A low ranking soldier in the IMC and Militia found in the campaign and the multiplayer Titanfall 2
Fiction
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Grunts!, a 1992 fantasy novel by Mary Gentle
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Grunt!, a 1983 Italian film featured in the movie Troll 2
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The Brothers Grunt, an MTV animated series
Other uses
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Michał Grunt (born 1993), Polish professional footballer
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Grunt (horse)
See also
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Grund (disambiguation)
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Grundt, a surname
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Grunty (disambiguation)