girn

¹

[ gurn ]

verb (used with or without object)

, Scot.

1. grin ¹.

girn

²

[ gurn ]

noun

, Scot.

1. grin ².

girn

/ ɡərn; ɡɜːn /

verb

1. to snarl
2. to grimace; pull grotesque faces
3. to complain fretfully or peevishly

Word History and Origins

Origin of girn¹

C14: a variant of grin

Example Sentences

She'll come to hell efter me to girn at me, an' set them on me wi' their reid het taings, and curse me.

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The girn, my informant said, was never out its face, and it yammered on night and day.

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Can He no shift it frae the tae airm to the tither, but the bairn maun girn?

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And he gave a girn, that stretched his mouth from ear to ear.

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I thought all the sheep-heads were looking at one another, and then girn-girning at me.

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