grinner

Variant of grin

grin definition

grin (grin)

intransitive verb grinned, grinning grin′·ning

  1. to smile broadly as in amusement or pleasure, or, sometimes, in embarrassment
  2. to draw back the lips and show the teeth in pain, scorn, etc.

Etymology: ME grennen < OE grennian, to gnash or bare the teeth, akin to OHG grennan, to mutter, Ger greinen, to weep

transitive verb

to express by grinning

noun

the act or look of one who grins

Related Forms:

grin Idioms

grin and bear it

to accept philosophically something burdensome or painful

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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