grinning

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/ˈɡɹɪnɪŋ/ English

Definitions

verb

To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.“Why do you grin? Did I say something funny?”
To express by grinning.“She grinned pleasure at his embarrassment.”
To show the teeth, like a snarling dog.
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.”

noun

The act or expression of one who grins.

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Synonyms

smiling smile smirking leering simpering laughing beaming tittering gloating cheesing crowing chuckling giggling chortling snickering sniggering

Associated

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Rhymes

beginning underpinning spinning thinning finning printing imprinting pinning sinning ginning

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