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grinning like a mule eating briars

grinning like a mule eating briars is the present participle and gerund of grin like a mule eating briars.

Meaning of grin like a mule eating briars

Verb

grin like a mule eating briars (third-person singular simple present grins like a mule eating briars, present participle grinning like a mule eating briars, simple past and past participle grinned like a mule eating briars)

  1. (US, colloquial, simile) To grin very widely.

Questions about grinning like a mule eating briars

What is grinning like a mule eating briars the present participle and gerund of?
Grinning like a mule eating briars is the present participle and gerund of grin like a mule eating briars.

Words near grinning like a mule eating briars in the dictionary

  1. grinnies
  2. grinnin'
  3. grinning
  4. grinning and bearing it
  5. grinning from ear to ear
  6. grinning like a mule eating briars
  7. grinningly
  8. grinnings
  9. grinny
  10. grins
  11. grins and bears it

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