girn

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girn

(gûrn)

intr.v. girned, girn·ing, girns Scots

1. To complain.

2. To snarl or grimace.

[Middle English girnen, variant of grinnen, grennan; see grin.]

girn n.

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girn

(ɡərn; ɡɜːn)

vb (intr)

1. to snarl

2. to grimace; pull grotesque faces

3. to complain fretfully or peevishly

[C14: a variant of grin]

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girn

Past participle: girned
Gerund: girning

Imperative
girn
girn

Present
I girn
you girn
he/she/it girns
we girn
you girn
they girn

Preterite
I girned
you girned
he/she/it girned
we girned
you girned
they girned

Present Continuous
I am girning
you are girning
he/she/it is girning
we are girning
you are girning
they are girning

Present Perfect
I have girned
you have girned
he/she/it has girned
we have girned
you have girned
they have girned

Past Continuous
I was girning
you were girning
he/she/it was girning
we were girning
you were girning
they were girning

Past Perfect
I had girned
you had girned
he/she/it had girned
we had girned
you had girned
they had girned

Future
I will girn
you will girn
he/she/it will girn
we will girn
you will girn
they will girn

Future Perfect
I will have girned
you will have girned
he/she/it will have girned
we will have girned
you will have girned
they will have girned

Future Continuous
I will be girning
you will be girning
he/she/it will be girning
we will be girning
you will be girning
they will be girning

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been girning
you have been girning
he/she/it has been girning
we have been girning
you have been girning
they have been girning

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been girning
you will have been girning
he/she/it will have been girning
we will have been girning
you will have been girning
they will have been girning

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been girning
you had been girning
he/she/it had been girning
we had been girning
you had been girning
they had been girning

Conditional
I would girn
you would girn
he/she/it would girn
we would girn
you would girn
they would girn

Past Conditional
I would have girned
you would have girned
he/she/it would have girned
we would have girned
you would have girned
they would have girned

Mentioned in ?

References in classic literature ?

'"Isabella, let me in, or I'll make you repent!" he "girned," as Joseph calls it.

View in context

Last week's Programme for Government debate in the Scottish Parliament was a perfect illustration of Sturgeon rolling her sleeves up while her Tory opponents girned to no purpose.

Working overtime on day job gets results

Contrast that to the reaction of Derby third Dubawi's owner Sheikh Mohammed who girned: 'He'll go for the St James's Palace Stakes.

Racing: Moby racing is a load of pure ants

At the bow of the boat the anchor chain girned with a faint but surprisingly serious sound, as though the stone knight on a tomb were waking and beginning heavily to stir in his burdensome carapace, the stone conjunctions of his armour beginning painfully to grate into articulation.

Debatable Land

Young Argyll MacArthur from Milngavie girned: "I see Asian leader Bashir Mann was supporting Tyson's visit.