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Definition of "gruntle" []

  • To utter small, low grunts. (verb)
  • To complain; to grumble (verb)
  • To humour; to induce the opposite effect of causing a person to become disgruntled. (verb)

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Use "gruntle" in a sentence
  • "The OED and Merriam-Webster list that play on a word as a back-formation from disgruntle, and the word gruntle is born again—meaning “to put in a good humor.”"
  • "There is a little more about it here, where you can also read a short history of gruntle."
  • "Haow duz he getz hiz gruntle bak? ai nebbur did unnurstan dat. just wut iz a gruntle?"