Grin
[grɪn] or [ɡrɪn]
Definition
(verb.) to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl.
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Definition
(n.) A snare; a gin.
(v. i.) To show the teeth, as a dog; to snarl.
(v. i.) To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open the mouth and withdraw the lips from the teeth, so as to show them, as in laughter, scorn, or pain.
(v. t.) To express by grinning.
(n.) The act of closing the teeth and showing them, or of withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth; a hard, forced, or sneering smile.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Show the teeth (in laughing, expressing scorn, &c.).
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Definition
n. a snare or trap.
v.i. to set the teeth together and withdraw the lips: to smile with some accompanying distortion of the features expressive of derision stupid admiration &c.—v.t. to express by grinning:—pr.p. grin′ning; pa.p. grinned.—n. act of grinning: a forced or sardonic smile.—p.adj. Grin′ning making grins.
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Examples
- Grin away,' said Sikes, replacing the poker, and surveying him with savage contempt; 'grin away. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Sloppy had gradually expanded with his description into a stare and a vacant grin. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I'll pound it that you han't,' replied Sikes, with a bitter grin. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- With a significant grin Malone produced his pistols, offering one to each of his brethren. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Dammy, George said to a confidential friend, she looked like a China doll, which has nothing to do all day but to grin and wag its head. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mr. Lowten disappeared with a grin, and immediately returned ushering in the firm, in due form of precedence--Dodson first, and Fogg afterwards. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Brazil, said one gossip to another, with a grin--Brazil is St. John's Wood. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Wipe the table clean, Maria, Pablo said and grinned at Robert Jordan. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But I have a little more here, Karkov had grinned and showed the lapel of his jacket. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Both Anselmo and Agustín grinned. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He grinned sicklily, turning away his head. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The child looked bewildered, but grinned as usual. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Ice last night on ground, El Sordo said and grinned. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Pablo grinned at him and put one finger up and wiped it across his throat. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She should have change, fresh air, gaiety; the most delightful remedies in the pharmacopoeia, Mr. Clump said, grinning and showing his handsome teeth. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Blowed if the gen'lm'n worn't a-gettin' up on the wrong side,' whispered a grinning post-boy to the inexpressibly gratified waiter. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- John, when I turned to him, was grinning from ear to ear. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- There was no rest for me, no peace, no forgetfulness; turn where I would, there was his cunning, grinning face at my elbow. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Billy's face was wide and grinning, but there was a great solemnity of being good in his round blue eyes. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was a grinning human skull which looked up at them from the ground. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He stopped winking though, when Tom spoke, and began grinning like a superannuated monkey. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The two officers, looking at the prostrate Bacchanalian, and askance at each other, exchanged the most frightful sympathetic grins. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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