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   Grin

   /ɡrin/

   

   verb

   • 1. smile broadly, especially in an unrestrained manner and with the mouth open: "Dennis appeared, grinning cheerfully"
   • ▪ express with a broad smile: "‘My word,’ grinned the delighted man"
   • ▪ grimace or appear to grimace grotesquely in a way that reveals the teeth: "the skull grinned back at him, its eye sockets dark and hollow"

   noun

   • 1. a broad smile: "“OK,” he said with a grin"

   Word Origin Old Englishgrennian ‘bare the teeth in pain or anger’, of Germanic origin; probably related to groan.

   Derivatives

   • 1. grinner noun

   Scrabble Points: 5

   • G

     2

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

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