[
UK
/ɡɹˈɪn/
]
[ US /ˈɡɹɪn/ ]
[ US /ˈɡɹɪn/ ]
VERB
- to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
NOUN
- a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
How To Use grin In A Sentence
- Halpern kept his arms crossed and eyes forward, while Ren was grinning and tucking a few stray hairs up under a mesh caul.
- The quick touch buttons on the top are not really "touchable," you have to smudge (grind) the button a little to use it. Newegg.com RSS Feed - Daily Deals
- He admits he owes a lot of his success to that cheeky grin. The Sun
- He let a neighbourly grin slide over his foxy face.
- My monitor fills with images of two men saluting, grinning thumbs up or looking dead serious.
- They butchered the film, hacking and splicing it, grinding their heels into Sergio's soul.
- The lawyers, policemen and bailiffs grinned, along with the clerk.
- Rupert Grint is adorable as a wuss (his sleeptalking "tapdancing spiders" bit? so funny). Evolver Diary Entry
- She gave me a cheerful grin and rattled off her past employers, accompanied by a brief biodata, both seemingly satisfying.
- It was an old-fashioned mill for grinding linseed, expressing the oil, and making oil-cake.