Definition of gurn in English:

gurn

(also girn)

verbɡəːnɡərn

[no object]

1British Pull a grotesque face.
Example sentencesExamples
- Walk on and you find more of those signposts with the boy's face, and in the last ground floor room two walls of gridded photographs of the head of Horn's niece, variously smiling, grinning and girning.
- She keeps grinning and gurning at me like she's deranged, like she's going to murder me or something.
- Did you know it's now officially impossible to use the word ‘blimey’ without seeing Russell Brand gurning at a camera in the BB studio?
- It's funny how many people gurn when confronted by a camera.
- They're gurning in the aisles of the town tackle shops.
- My love for Jennifer revolves around the fact that she gurns.
- There's no loony-haired maniac gurning in a murky tunnel this time around; no prowling cat's eyed gargantuan ripping out raps menacingly.
- Why did they drag a sick man from his hospital bed on Easter Day, dress him in white, wheel him to his balcony window, then leave him for ten minutes to gurn uncontrollably at the assembled crowds below?
- Some people gurn and grimace and pull strange faces whenever a camera is waved near them, as if being caught without making a face would be somehow sneaky.
- There's no sound, just a face looking down, as though into a toilet or a bowl of water, gurning and grimacing.
- They take a really unpleasant photo of you with the world's cheapest digital camera and edit it so that it makes you look like you're gurning, then they laugh and show it to their friends before printing it onto your pass.
- I sat on the floor while people gurned and danced around my head, and I unwrapped my clingfilm sandwiches.
- So when a dispute arose over whether Ecstasy is really bad for you, the legions of E users gloated and gurned at the idea.
- He bowled superbly and the photos of us on the balcony, Freddie gurning, tell you how desperate we were to win and how close we came to losing.
- Finally I had my chance, with Freddie loitering around the corals below me, gurning for all he was worth.
- Of course, he took it as a compliment, gurning and looking around to see if anybody else had seen what he'd done.
- They flashed an actual police car, and gurned at each other, falling around laughing.
- With her pointy-witch proboscis, she gurns and sneers at her audience like a ringmaster gripped by mad cow disease.
- But though they blethered and and grumbled and girned at him, they forgot it all soon enough and laughed about his nonsense.
- It's surprising then that the it's the Jelly who take to the stage with dark grinding guitars leaving the pill poppers gurning uncomfortably.
Synonyms
scowl, frown, sneer, pout, wince, glower, lour
2Irish Scottish Complain peevishly.
Example sentencesExamples
- Although what he's got to girn about is anyone's guess.
- We are sleepwalking through a consumerist theme-park, girning about the government.
- Instead of girning about Westminster we girn about Holyrood.
- Instead of girning about London, the Scots now girn about Holyrood.
Synonyms
complain, moan, mutter, grumble, grouse, groan, grouch, growl, carp, bleat, whine, object, make a fuss

Derivatives

gurner

noun

These outsiders have provided a wholly different perspective from our home-grown whingers and girners.
Example sentencesExamples
- If you're voted as gurner of the month by those nice sane folk on the internet, you'll receive a Cumbrian facial pack (two slices of cucumber and some Lake District mud).
- What this makes them I'm not sure, since they seem to spend an awful lot of time in their metropolitan bolt-holes girning about girners.

Origin

Early 20th century: dialect variant of grin.

Definition of gurn in US English:

gurn

verbɡərnɡərn

[no object]British

Make a grotesque face.
gurning is one of the fair's most popular competitions
Example sentencesExamples
- So when a dispute arose over whether Ecstasy is really bad for you, the legions of E users gloated and gurned at the idea.
- Did you know it's now officially impossible to use the word ‘blimey’ without seeing Russell Brand gurning at a camera in the BB studio?
- With her pointy-witch proboscis, she gurns and sneers at her audience like a ringmaster gripped by mad cow disease.
- There's no sound, just a face looking down, as though into a toilet or a bowl of water, gurning and grimacing.
- There's no loony-haired maniac gurning in a murky tunnel this time around; no prowling cat's eyed gargantuan ripping out raps menacingly.
- They take a really unpleasant photo of you with the world's cheapest digital camera and edit it so that it makes you look like you're gurning, then they laugh and show it to their friends before printing it onto your pass.
- He bowled superbly and the photos of us on the balcony, Freddie gurning, tell you how desperate we were to win and how close we came to losing.
- Why did they drag a sick man from his hospital bed on Easter Day, dress him in white, wheel him to his balcony window, then leave him for ten minutes to gurn uncontrollably at the assembled crowds below?
- She keeps grinning and gurning at me like she's deranged, like she's going to murder me or something.
- But though they blethered and and grumbled and girned at him, they forgot it all soon enough and laughed about his nonsense.
- Some people gurn and grimace and pull strange faces whenever a camera is waved near them, as if being caught without making a face would be somehow sneaky.
- I sat on the floor while people gurned and danced around my head, and I unwrapped my clingfilm sandwiches.
- They're gurning in the aisles of the town tackle shops.
- They flashed an actual police car, and gurned at each other, falling around laughing.
- It's funny how many people gurn when confronted by a camera.
- Finally I had my chance, with Freddie loitering around the corals below me, gurning for all he was worth.
- It's surprising then that the it's the Jelly who take to the stage with dark grinding guitars leaving the pill poppers gurning uncomfortably.
- My love for Jennifer revolves around the fact that she gurns.
- Walk on and you find more of those signposts with the boy's face, and in the last ground floor room two walls of gridded photographs of the head of Horn's niece, variously smiling, grinning and girning.
- Of course, he took it as a compliment, gurning and looking around to see if anybody else had seen what he'd done.
Synonyms
scowl, frown, sneer, pout, wince, glower, lour

Origin

Early 20th century: dialect variant of grin.

单词	gurn
释义	Definition of gurn in English: gurn (also girn) verbɡəːnɡərn [no object] 1British Pull a grotesque face. Example sentencesExamples Walk on and you find more of those signposts with the boy's face, and in the last ground floor room two walls of gridded photographs of the head of Horn's niece, variously smiling, grinning and girning. She keeps grinning and gurning at me like she's deranged, like she's going to murder me or something. Did you know it's now officially impossible to use the word ‘blimey’ without seeing Russell Brand gurning at a camera in the BB studio? It's funny how many people gurn when confronted by a camera. They're gurning in the aisles of the town tackle shops. My love for Jennifer revolves around the fact that she gurns. There's no loony-haired maniac gurning in a murky tunnel this time around; no prowling cat's eyed gargantuan ripping out raps menacingly. Why did they drag a sick man from his hospital bed on Easter Day, dress him in white, wheel him to his balcony window, then leave him for ten minutes to gurn uncontrollably at the assembled crowds below? Some people gurn and grimace and pull strange faces whenever a camera is waved near them, as if being caught without making a face would be somehow sneaky. There's no sound, just a face looking down, as though into a toilet or a bowl of water, gurning and grimacing. They take a really unpleasant photo of you with the world's cheapest digital camera and edit it so that it makes you look like you're gurning, then they laugh and show it to their friends before printing it onto your pass. I sat on the floor while people gurned and danced around my head, and I unwrapped my clingfilm sandwiches. So when a dispute arose over whether Ecstasy is really bad for you, the legions of E users gloated and gurned at the idea. He bowled superbly and the photos of us on the balcony, Freddie gurning, tell you how desperate we were to win and how close we came to losing. Finally I had my chance, with Freddie loitering around the corals below me, gurning for all he was worth. Of course, he took it as a compliment, gurning and looking around to see if anybody else had seen what he'd done. They flashed an actual police car, and gurned at each other, falling around laughing. With her pointy-witch proboscis, she gurns and sneers at her audience like a ringmaster gripped by mad cow disease. But though they blethered and and grumbled and girned at him, they forgot it all soon enough and laughed about his nonsense. It's surprising then that the it's the Jelly who take to the stage with dark grinding guitars leaving the pill poppers gurning uncomfortably. Synonyms scowl, frown, sneer, pout, wince, glower, lour 2Irish Scottish Complain peevishly. Example sentencesExamples Although what he's got to girn about is anyone's guess. We are sleepwalking through a consumerist theme-park, girning about the government. Instead of girning about Westminster we girn about Holyrood. Instead of girning about London, the Scots now girn about Holyrood. Synonyms complain, moan, mutter, grumble, grouse, groan, grouch, growl, carp, bleat, whine, object, make a fuss Derivatives gurner noun These outsiders have provided a wholly different perspective from our home-grown whingers and girners. Example sentencesExamples If you're voted as gurner of the month by those nice sane folk on the internet, you'll receive a Cumbrian facial pack (two slices of cucumber and some Lake District mud). What this makes them I'm not sure, since they seem to spend an awful lot of time in their metropolitan bolt-holes girning about girners. Origin Early 20th century: dialect variant of grin. Definition of gurn in US English: gurn verbɡərnɡərn [no object]British Make a grotesque face. gurning is one of the fair's most popular competitions Example sentencesExamples So when a dispute arose over whether Ecstasy is really bad for you, the legions of E users gloated and gurned at the idea. Did you know it's now officially impossible to use the word ‘blimey’ without seeing Russell Brand gurning at a camera in the BB studio? With her pointy-witch proboscis, she gurns and sneers at her audience like a ringmaster gripped by mad cow disease. There's no sound, just a face looking down, as though into a toilet or a bowl of water, gurning and grimacing. There's no loony-haired maniac gurning in a murky tunnel this time around; no prowling cat's eyed gargantuan ripping out raps menacingly. They take a really unpleasant photo of you with the world's cheapest digital camera and edit it so that it makes you look like you're gurning, then they laugh and show it to their friends before printing it onto your pass. He bowled superbly and the photos of us on the balcony, Freddie gurning, tell you how desperate we were to win and how close we came to losing. Why did they drag a sick man from his hospital bed on Easter Day, dress him in white, wheel him to his balcony window, then leave him for ten minutes to gurn uncontrollably at the assembled crowds below? She keeps grinning and gurning at me like she's deranged, like she's going to murder me or something. But though they blethered and and grumbled and girned at him, they forgot it all soon enough and laughed about his nonsense. Some people gurn and grimace and pull strange faces whenever a camera is waved near them, as if being caught without making a face would be somehow sneaky. I sat on the floor while people gurned and danced around my head, and I unwrapped my clingfilm sandwiches. They're gurning in the aisles of the town tackle shops. They flashed an actual police car, and gurned at each other, falling around laughing. It's funny how many people gurn when confronted by a camera. Finally I had my chance, with Freddie loitering around the corals below me, gurning for all he was worth. It's surprising then that the it's the Jelly who take to the stage with dark grinding guitars leaving the pill poppers gurning uncomfortably. My love for Jennifer revolves around the fact that she gurns. Walk on and you find more of those signposts with the boy's face, and in the last ground floor room two walls of gridded photographs of the head of Horn's niece, variously smiling, grinning and girning. Of course, he took it as a compliment, gurning and looking around to see if anybody else had seen what he'd done. Synonyms scowl, frown, sneer, pout, wince, glower, lour Origin Early 20th century: dialect variant of grin.
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