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grinnings

grinnings is the plural of grinning.

Meaning of grinning

Noun

grinning (countable and uncountable, plural grinnings)

  1. The act or expression of one who grins.
    • The agitations resembled the grinnings and writhings of a galvanized corpse, not the struggles of an athletic man.1835, Thomas Babington Macaulay, History (essay in the Edinburgh Review)

Questions about grinnings

What is grinnings the plural of?
Grinnings is the plural of grinning.

Words near grinnings in the dictionary

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

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