gurn
verb /ɡɜːn/
/ɡɜːrn/
(also girn)
[intransitive] (especially British English)Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they gurn | /ɡɜːn/ /ɡɜːrn/ |
he / she / it gurns | /ɡɜːnz/ /ɡɜːrnz/ |
past simple gurned | /ɡɜːnd/ /ɡɜːrnd/ |
past participle gurned | /ɡɜːnd/ /ɡɜːrnd/ |
-ing form gurning | /ˈɡɜːnɪŋ/ /ˈɡɜːrnɪŋ/ |
- to deliberately pull your face into a silly or unpleasant shapeTopics Appearancec2Word Originearly 20th cent.: dialect variant of grin.