grunt (redirected from grunting)

donkey work (British, American & Australian, informal, American, informal)

hard, boring work. Why do I have to do all the donkey work while you get to do the interesting stuff?

See also: donkey, work

grunt work (American, informal)

hard work that is not very interesting. Her job was nothing glamorous - a lot of grunt work drafting agreements for others to sign.

See also: work