GIRN

Etymology

Verb

girn (third-person singular simple present girns, present participle girning, simple past and past participle girned)

(dialectal) To grimace; to snarl.

(Scotland, northern England) To whinge, moan, complain.

(intransitive) To make elaborate unnatural and distorted faces as a form of amusement or in a girning competition.

Noun

girn (plural girns)

A vocalization similar to a cat's purring.

Anagrams

• NGRI, Ring, grin, ring

Source: Wiktionary


Girn, v. i. Etym: [See Grin, n.]

Definition: To grin. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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