grunting

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of grunt

noun

1. A sound of grunts.

   “the gruntings of contented pigs”

adj

1. (not-comparable)Producing grunts.

   “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.”