girn

Definition

To grimace; to snarl.

Etymology

From Middle English gyrnen, a metathesised form of grinnen, grennen. More at grin.

Example Sentences

• "At seventy-five or eighty I will be like a child myself, frail and cantankerous, a girning, burdensome old devil."
• "And Jim was just girning all the time. I telled him to shut it."