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Grinning definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GRIN'NING, ppr. Closing the teeth and showing them, as in laughter; a showing of the teeth.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement [syn: smile, smiling, grin, grinning]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Grin Grin, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grinned (gr[i^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Grinning.] [OE. grinnen, grennen, AS. grennian, Sw. grina; akin to D. grijnen, G. greinen, OHG. grinan, Dan. grine. [root]35. Cf. Groan.] 1. To show the teeth, as a dog; to snarl. 2. To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open the mouth and withdraw the lips from the teeth, so as to show them, as in laughter, scorn, or pain. The pangs of death do make him grin. --Shak.

Moby Thesaurus

banter, bantering, beam, booing, bright smile, broad grin, catcalling, chaffing, derision, derisive, derisory, ear-to-ear grin, fleering, flippancy, flippant, fooling, gleaming smile, glowing smile, grin, hissing, hooting, idiotic grin, jeering, joshing, kidding, leering, levity, mockery, mocking, panning, quizzical, ragging, railing, raillery, rallying, razzing, ridicule, ridiculing, roasting, sardonic grin, scoffing, simper, smart, smart-aleckiness, smart-alecky, smart-ass, smartness, smile, smiling, smirk, smirking, sneering, snickering, sniggering, snorting, stupid grin, taunting, teasing, toothful grin, twitting