girn
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girn
- /ɡɜː(ɹ)n/
Where it comes from
From Middle English gyrnen, a metathesised form of grinnen, grennen. More at grin.
verb girns · girning · girned · gurn · gurne
- To grimace; to snarl. The poor lass was sitting bemoaning herself - "Were it nae for thy girning face, I would knock the big, winnow the corn, and grun the meal."
- To whinge, moan, complain. And Jim was just girning all the time. I telled him to shut it.
- To make elaborate unnatural and distorted faces as a form of amusement or in a girning competition.
noun girns · gurn · gurne
- A vocalization similar to a cat's purring. A different vocalization, a girn, simiular to a cat's purring, was observed in infants reunited with their mothers...
Talk about this word "girn." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/girn. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. girn. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/girn "girn." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/girn.
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@misc{girn_2026,
title = {girn},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/girn},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
