gurn

English

Alternative forms

• girn

Etymology

Early 20th century: dialect variant of grin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɜː(ɹ)n/

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Noun

gurn (plural gurns)

1. (British) A distorted facial expression; grimace.

Translations

distorted facial expression

• Finnish: irvistys (fi)
• Polish: grymas (pl) m
• Swedish: grimas (sv) c

Verb

gurn (third-person singular simple present gurns, present participle gurning, simple past and past participle gurned)

1. (British) To make a grotesque or funny face; to grimace.

Derived terms

• gurner

Anagrams

• Rung, rung

Woiwurrung

Noun

gurn

1. the front section of neck
2. throat

See also

• koorrn (“neck”)
• gūrnbert (“neck, necklace place”)
• walert gurn (“possum skin rug”)
• bik-gurn (“mushroom”)

References

• Barry J. Blake, Woiwurrung, in The Aboriginal Language of Melbourne and Other Sketches (1991; edited by R. M. W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake; OUP, Handbook of Australian Languages 4), pages 31–124