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gurn

British  
/ ɡɜːn, ɡərn /

verb

  1. (intr) a variant spelling of girn

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Her face is in a state of constant squirm, and thanks to cinematographer Sean Price Williams’ roving close-ups, each tic, grimace, and gurn is a small gem of portraiture.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2015

Advise the leader to gurn whenever a lens is pointed at him?

From The Guardian ● Jul. 26, 2014

They gurn on-screen while kids drag and drop more than 100 props to trigger different emotions, from happiness and fear to shyness and sadness.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 15, 2013

But when she curls her bottom lip, rolls her eyes into a familiar cartoonish gurn and bursts into a spontaneous guffaw there's no mistaking her genetic heritage.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 28, 2012

He gave me a very Borisovian gurn, to indicate disapproval, even contempt.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 27, 2012

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