grin
English
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪn
Etymology 1
Before 1000 CE - From Middle English grinnen, from Old English grennian; compare to Old High German grennan (“to mutter”)
Noun
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grin (plural grins)
- A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.
- 1997, Linda Howard, Son of the Morning, Simon & Schuster, pages 364:
- When the ceremony was finished a wide grin broke across his face, and it was that grin she saw, relieved and happy all at once.
- 2003, Yoko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor:
- When my son appeared at the door the next day with his schoolbag on his back, the Professor broke into a wide grin and opened his arms to embrace him.
- 1997, Linda Howard, Son of the Morning, Simon & Schuster, pages 364:
Translations
A smile revealing the teeth
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Verb
grin (third-person singular simple present grins, present participle grinning, simple past and past participle grinned)
- (intransitive) To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.
- Why do you grin? Did I say something funny?
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 15, in The China Governess[1]:
- ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’
- (transitive) To express by grinning.
- She grinned pleasure at his embarrassment.
- (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Grinned horrible a ghastly smile.
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- "Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day: "Mon dieu! Mon dieu! Che fais mourir!"
- (intransitive, dated) To show the teeth, like a snarling dog.
- 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
- The pangs of death do make him grin.
- 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
- They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.
- (transitive) To grin as part of producing a particular facial expression, such as a smile or sneer.
- He grinned a broad smile when I told him the result.
- He grinned a cruel sneer when I begged him to stop.
Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun or verb "grin"
Translations
To smile showing the teeth
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See also
Etymology 2
Noun
grin (plural grins)
- (obsolete) A snare; a gin.
- (Can we date this quote by Remedy of Love and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Like a bird that hasteth to his grin.
- (Can we date this quote by Remedy of Love and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
Anagrams
Danish
Pronunciation
Noun
grin n (singular definite grinet, plural indefinite grin)
Declension
Declension of grin
Verb
grin
References
- “grin” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From the verb grine
Noun
grin n (definite singular grinet, indefinite plural grin, definite plural grina or grinene)
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Noun
grin n (definite singular grinet, indefinite plural grin, definite plural grina)
Etymology 2
Verb
grin
- inflection of grina:
References
- “grin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Tok Pisin
Etymology
Adjective
grin
Vilamovian
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
grīn
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