▪ I. grumph, n. Sc.
(grʌmf)
[f. grumph v.]
A grunt, whether from an animal or a human being.
| 1737 Ramsay Sc. Prov. (1797) 23 Better thole a grumph than a sumph. 1814 Saxon & Gael I. v. 42 He drew a long sigh or rather grumph, through his nose, while he shook his head and said, ‘O Jane! Jane! ye was aye a dour kimmer!’ 1821 Blackw. Mag. IX. 137 Loud was the grumph and grumble from hog-stye. 1827 Scott Jrnl. 10 Apr., What can be expected of a sow but a grumph? |
▪ II. grumph, v. Sc.
(grʌmf)
[Echoic, with suggestion from grunt. Cf. grump.]
intr. To grunt; said both of animals and human beings. Also quasi-trans., to utter with a grunt, to grunt out.
| 1807 J. Stagg Poems 8 The breydegroom grumph'd agreed. 1821–30 Ld. Cockburn Mem. 326 He stopped, and grumphed. 1862 A. Hislop Prov. Scot. 36 Better speak bauldly out than aye be grumphin'. 1896 Crockett Grey Man xii. 84 The loathly sow..lay..grunting and grumphing most filthily. |