Girn Definition

gûrn
girns
verb
To complain.
American Heritage
To snarl or grimace.
American Heritage

(Scotland, northern England) To whinge, moan, complain.

Wiktionary

(intransitive) To make elaborate unnatural and distorted faces as a form of amusement or in a girning competition.

Wiktionary

Origin of Girn

  • Middle English girnen variant of grinnen, grennan grin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Metathesized form of grin.

    From Wiktionary

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