Grunt

Grunt, grunts or grunting may refer to:

Sound and music

Grunting (tennis), in tennis refers to the loud noise, sometimes described as "shrieking" or "screaming", made by some players during their strokes
Death grunt, the death metal singing style
Grunt Records, a vanity label founded in 1971 by Jefferson Airplane and distributed by RCA Records
"The Grunt", a 1970 instrumental recording by The J.B.'s

Food and animals

A jug of 32 ounces of liquid, half a growler (usually beer)
A food preparation similar to a cobbler
A family of fishes, also known as Haemulidae
Grunt-fish, the only member of the fish family Rhamphocottidae

Technology

Grunt (software), a JavaScript Task Runner
Fobos-Grunt, a failed Russian mission to Phobos, one of the moons of Mars

Military

An infantryman, in American military slang
Grunt (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe

Games

Grunt (board wargame), a 1971 tactical wargame
Gruntz, a 1999 puzzle/strategy game

Many games use the "simple soldier" meaning, to a point that the word is now common parlance within gaming communities for the easiest 'popcorn' enemies:

A Warcraft, orcish warrior
The simplest unit in the video game Z
The smallest enemy in the video game Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
A class in the multiplayer mode of the video game Conker: Live & Reloaded
An enemy in the Half-Life universe
The weakest monster in Quake
Grunt (Halo), an alien in the game Halo
Grunt (Mass Effect), Krogan squadmate in Mass Effect 2
A low-ranking member of a crime syndicate in the Pokémon games
The name of a perk in Fallout: New Vegas

Fiction

Grunts!, a 1992 fantasy novel by Mary Gentle
Grunt!, a 1983 Italian film featured in the movie Troll 2
The Brothers Grunt, an MTV animated series

Other uses

Michał Grunt (born 1993), Polish professional footballer
Grunt (horse)
Grunts, the main species in Madness Combat