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grimacing

grimacing is the present participle and gerund of grimace.

Meaning of grimace

Verb

grimace (third-person singular simple present grimaces, present participle grimacing, simple past and past participle grimaced)

  1. (intransitive) To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.

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Noun

grimacing (plural grimacings)

  1. The act of making a grimace.
    • The next morning Oswald stopped short in the middle of his shaving, which in his case involved the most tortuous deflections and grimacings.1918, H. G. Wells, Joan and Peter

Forms of grimacing

pluralgrimacings

Questions about grimacing

What does grimacing mean?
Grimacing means the act of making a grimace.
What is grimacing the present participle and gerund of?
Grimacing is the present participle and gerund of grimace.
What part of speech is grimacing?
Grimacing is a noun.
What is the plural of grimacing?
The plural of grimacing is grimacings.

Words near grimacing in the dictionary

  1. grimaced
  2. grimacer
  3. grimacers
  4. grimaces
  5. grimacey
  6. grimacing
  7. grimacingly
  8. grimacings
  9. Grimaldi
  10. Grimaldian
  11. grimaldiite

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