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Grunt vs Mook - What's the difference?

grunt | mook |

As verbs the difference between grunt and mook

is that grunt is to make a grunt or grunts while mook is .

As a noun grunt

is a short, snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.

grunt

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A short, snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
  • The snorting cry of a pig.
  • Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae.
  • (label) An infantry soldier. (From the verb, just like all the other senses.)

    • Derived terms

    * grunt boy * grunt work

    Verb

    (en verb) * Frequentative: gruntle
  • To make a grunt or grunts.
  • * Shakespeare
  • To make a grunt or grunts.
  • To break wind; to fart.

    • References

    ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Adjective

    (head)
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    mook

    English

    (wikipedia mook)

    Etymology 1

    Unknown. Probably a variation of ""moke" ("donkey", "fool"). Possible from Cantonese 'mook jung'' ("dead wood" or "wooden dummy").

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A disagreeable or incompetent person.

    • Etymology 2

    (usually used in plural)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, forensic accounting) A manipulated or rigged set of business accounting ledgers.
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