girning

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Etymology

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Metathesized form of grin.

Noun

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girning (plural girnings)

  1. (Northern England) A light-hearted competition in which people girn (make elaborate faces) through a horse collar; most popular in rural parts of England.

Verb

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girning

  1. present participle and gerund of girn

Anagrams

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