girning
verb
Meaning
- To grimace; to snarl.
- To whinge, moan, complain.
- To make elaborate unnatural and distorted faces as a form of amusement or in a girning competition.
- A light-hearted competition in which people girn (make elaborate faces) through a horse collar; most popular in rural parts of England.
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