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Added 8 October 2026

grin

/ɡɹɪn/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about grin at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.

verb

To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.
Why do you grin? Did I say something funny?
To express by grinning.
She grinned pleasure at his embarrassment.
To show the teeth, like a snarling dog.

noun

A snare; a gin.

Origin

From Middle English grinnen, from Old English grennian, from Proto-West Germanic *grannjōn, from Proto-Germanic *granjōną. Related to groan. Compare to Middle High German grennen (“to mutter, complain”) and Danish grine (“to show one's teeth, to laugh”)

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