grinning
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grinning
- /ˈɡɹɪnɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ɪnɪŋ
verb
- present participle and gerund of grin I’m grinning because someone told me a joke.
noun grinnings
- The act or expression of one who grins. The agitations resembled the grinnings and writhings of a galvanized corpse, not the struggles of an athletic man.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: smiling, smile, smirking, leering, simpering, laughing, beaming, tittering, gloating, cheesing, crowing, chuckling, giggling, chortling, snickering, sniggering
Talk about this word "grinning." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/grinning. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. grinning. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/grinning "grinning." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/grinning.Cite this
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title = {grinning},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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