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girn
1[ gurn ]
/ gɜrn /
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verb (used with or without object), noun Scot.
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girn
/ (ɡərn, ɡɜːn) /
verb (intr) Scot and Northern English dialect
to snarl
to grimace; pull grotesque faces
to complain fretfully or peevishly
Word Origin for girn
C14: a variant of grin
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