grunter

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English grunt Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English grunter From grunt + -er.

1. One who grunts.

   “Dalton, the winner of nine grand slam doubles titles, claims she would have been prepared to forfeit a match against the grunter par excellence, Maria Sharapova — and has urged the current generation of tennis players to do so.”

2. Any of a group of fish of the family Terapontidae, which make a grunting sound when caught.
3. A pig.

   “We did but keep you surety for our son, / If this be he, — or a draggled mawkin, thou, / That tends her bristled grunters in the sludge[.]”

   “A pig fight on board ship has always amused me very much: stand on the bridge, and look down into the crowded pen of grunters […]”

4. A hook used in lifting a crucible.