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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.to suffer trouble or hardship without complaint
noun
- a broad smile
- a snarl or grimace
Derived Forms
- ˈgrinning, adjectivenoun
- ˈgrinner, noun
Other Words From
- grinner noun
- grinning·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of grin1
Origin of grin2
Word History and Origins
Origin of grin1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Out of disguise, the masked outlaw who duels with a grin and woos with ardor, morphs into blasé upper-cruster Don Diego Vega, who suffers from overrefinement and chronic fatigue.
Otherwise, I could watch the bonhomie—lots of backslapping and broad grins, like the first day of summer camp—from a distance.
When they close their mouths, they still have a toothy grin — their bottom teeth stick out and up.
All modern crocodilians are long, scaly animals with stumpy legs and toothy grins.
O’Neal participates, sideways grin glued to his face, knowing he can’t possibly win.
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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