grunt
n.— «They’ve got what is called a grunt. It is intended to imitate the grunting sound of a buck deer chasing a doe. Here again the expert on television only has to grunt on his super-caliber deer grunt and bucks magically appear from everywhere.» —“Outdoor Life: Quiet hunters attract more deer” by Scott Lindsey News Herald (Panama City, Florida) Jan. 29, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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