Grins

grin

 (grĭn)

v. grinned, grin·ning, grins

v.intr.

To smile broadly, often baring the teeth, as in amusement, glee, embarrassment, or other strong emotion.

v.tr.

To express with a grin: I grinned my approval.

n.

1. The act of grinning.

2. The facial expression produced by grinning.

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[Middle English grennen, to grimace, from Old English grennian.]

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grin′ner n.

grin′ning·ly adv.

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Grins

 

See Also: LAUGHTER, SMILES

1. Face … cut wide open by a beautiful grin … like pumpkins with candles shining out through their strong ivory teeth —Marge Piercy
2. Grin at each other as if we’d just completed a double steal —W. P. Kinsella

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3. Grinning dreamily, like a man who has just had a final fix —James Crumley
4. A grin like a flash of dental lightning —Don Marquis
5. Grin like a German Shepherd —Rick Borsten
6. Grin like a kid caught smoking behind the barn —W. P. Kinsella
7. Grin like an apple slice —Julia O’Faolain
8. Grin like a salesman —Richard Ford
9. Grin like the moon, just barely there, and like the sun, getting ready to set —Hortense Calisher
10. Grinned at her like a six-year-old boy caught doing something he must charm his way out of —Niven Busch
11. Grinned at me very engagingly, like a daddy who has just finished explaining to his little boy how the new electric train works —Harvey Swados
12. Grinned, filling his cheeks, as if he had food in his mouth —Paul Theroux
13. Grinned just like a jackass chewing briars —George Garrett
14. Grinned like a hungry tiger —Harvey Swados
15. Grinned like a pumpkin —Marge Piercy
16. Grinned like a shark —T. Coraghessan Boyle
17. Grinned like a weasel in a chicken coop —T. Coraghessan Boyle
18. Grinning like a cageful of monkeys —Erich Maria Remarque
19. Grinning like a Death’s-head —Loren D. Estleman
20. Grinned like beans —Rita Mae Brown
21. Grinning like egg-sucking foxes —John D. MacDonald
22. A grin of recognition spread across Bunty’s face like a burn —Harvey Swados
23. Grins like a clown with a banjo —R.H.W. Dillard
24. Grin … wide as a pumpkin’s —Mary Hedin
25. His grin was like a big wrinkle among the small ones —Robert Campbell
26. A lop-sided grin, like he had a lemon in his mouth —Joseph C. Lincoln

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