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grin
1[ grin ]
verb (used without object)
- to smile broadly, especially as an indication of pleasure, amusement, or the like.
Synonyms: crack a smile, smirk, smile, beam
- to draw back the lips so as to show the teeth, as a snarling dog or a person in pain.
- to show or be exposed through an opening, crevice, etc.
verb (used with object)
- to express or produce by grinning:
The little boy grinned his approval of the gift.
noun
- a broad smile.
- the act of producing a broad smile.
- the act of withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth, as in anger or pain.
grin
2[ grin ]
noun
- Chiefly Scot. a snare like a running noose.
verb (used with object)
- Archaic. to catch in a nooselike snare.
grin
/ ɡrɪn /
verb
- to smile with the lips drawn back revealing the teeth or express (something) by such a smile
to grin a welcome
- intr to draw back the lips revealing the teeth, as in a snarl or grimace
- grin and bear it informal.grin and bear it to suffer trouble or hardship without complaint
noun
- a broad smile
- a snarl or grimace
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Derived Forms
- ˈgrinning, adjectivenoun
- ˈgrinner, noun
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Other Words From
- grinner noun
- grinning·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of grin1
Origin of grin2
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Word History and Origins
Origin of grin1
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Example Sentences
Then, with a grin, “And we all know how degenerate those people are.”
Through it all, Chris Hughes nodded approvingly, an unnerving grin on his face.
As the driver bios appeared on the jumbo screen, I flashed a toothy grin after noticing that two of them were women.
With a puckish grin, he ordered his entourage, including several generals, to line up and join him in—how shall one put it?
As Hunter waved it in the air, light flashed off his Colgate-commercial-ready grin.
This gave the house a very cheerful appearance, as if it were constantly on a broad grin.
That embrace, that grin and that heart-born exclamation marked the entrance of the Pulsifer family into my life.
But he watched Grandfather Mole narrowly, with a grin on his face, to see what the old chap would do.
When Tom Brown awoke, late in the day, he found Mafuta sitting at his feet with a broad grin on his dusky countenance.
I should say, replied Master Bates, with a grin, that he was uncommon sweet upon Betsy.
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