grinning

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɪnɪŋ/

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Verb

grinning

1. present participle of grin

   I’m grinning because someone told me a joke.

Noun

grinning (plural grinnings)

1. The act or expression of one who grins.
   • Thomas Babington Macaulay

     The agitations resembled the grinnings and writhings of a galvanized corpse, not the struggles of an athletic man.