- girn
- Verb. To complain, to moan, to whinge. E.g."If you don't stop girning we won't go to the cinema and you can go to bed early." Also 'gurn'. Scottish use
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Girn — Girn, v. i. [See {Grin}, n.] To grin. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
girn — girn·ie; girn; … English syllables
girn — [gʉrn, girn] n., vi., vt. [ME girnen, var. of grennen: see GRIN] [Dial., Chiefly Brit.] snarl; grimace … English World dictionary
girn — intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, alteration of grinnen to grin, snarl Date: 12th century chiefly Scottish snarl • girn noun, chiefly Scottish … New Collegiate Dictionary
girnəş — (Meğri) istidən bir yerə toplaşan, sıxlaşan (qoyun sürüsü). – Seyidəli qoyunu girnəşdə belinnən tanırdı … Azərbaycan dilinin dialektoloji lüğəti
girn — a snare or running line, often used for catching trout in deep pools (Scottish dialect). Also see gird an girns … Dictionary of ichthyology
girn — girn1 /gerrn/, v.i., v.t., n. Scot. grin1. girn2 /gerrn/, n., v.t. Scot. grin2. * * * … Universalium
girn — I Scottish Vernacular Dictionary To moan or to pull a face II Cleveland Dialect List to grin; to snarl III North Country (Newcastle) Words the Northern word for grin … English dialects glossary
Girn — complain fretfully babies … Scottish slang
girn — 1) grin 2) ring … Anagrams dictionary
girn — verb variant spelling of gurn … English new terms dictionary
