girn
1 Americanverb (used with or without object)
noun
verb
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to snarl
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to grimace; pull grotesque faces
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to complain fretfully or peevishly
Etymology
Origin of girn
C14: a variant of grin
Example Sentences
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Can He no shift it frae the tae airm to the tither, but the bairn maun girn?
From The Elect Lady by MacDonald, George
And whoso, having warnèd been, Refuseth still to turn, Behind his shadow, shrunken mean, A poring spectre shall be seen With livid stare and girn.
From My Beautiful Lady. Nelly Dale by Morley, Henry
Mr Hickery rose to offer some apology; but, perceiving I had now got him in a girn, I interposed my authority, and would not permit him to proceed.
From The Provost by Galt, John
What gies him that side-look, that fearfu girn, an' his slouchin walk!
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander
He can girn a laugh as well ’s onybody at a raight divil’s jest.
From Wuthering Heights by Brontë, Emily
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