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making a face

making a face is the present participle and gerund of make a face.

Meaning of make a face

Verb

make a face (third-person singular simple present makes a face, present participle making a face, simple past and past participle made a face)

  1. (colloquial) To make a facial expression, often for humor, as a taunt, or to indicate distaste.
    • I looked at Tomkins to see whether, by chance, he had made a face at his lordship, ...1849, “Mr. Jolly Green's Account Of The Great Paris Excursion”, in W. Harrison Ainsworth, editor, The New monthly magazine, volume 86, page 98
    Synonyms:
    pull a face

Questions about making a face

What is making a face the present participle and gerund of?
Making a face is the present participle and gerund of make a face.

Words near making a face in the dictionary

  1. making a dash for it
  2. making a decision
  3. making a dent
  4. making a difference
  5. making a dollar out of fifteen cents
  6. making a face
  7. making a fist of
  8. making a fool of
  9. making a fool out of
  10. making a fortune
  11. making a go of

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