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pull faces

pull faces verb: to make abnormal facial expressions, especially for amusement or to ridicule another person.

Verb

pull faces (third-person singular simple present pulls faces, present participle pulling faces, simple past and past participle pulled faces)

  1. (idiomatic) To make abnormal facial expressions, especially for amusement or to ridicule another person.
    • So that they would be especially tired, David had spent an hour entertaining them in their cots earlier in the evening. He had drawn pictures for them with crayons and pulled faces, hummed tunes and danced stupidly around the room until it was time for the goodnight visit.1994, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Hippopotamus

Forms of pull faces

third-person singular presentpulls faces
present participlepulling faces
past participlepulled faces
pastpulled faces

Questions about pull faces

What does pull faces mean?
Pull faces means to make abnormal facial expressions, especially for amusement or to ridicule another person.
What part of speech is pull faces?
Pull faces is a verb.
What is the past tense of pull faces?
The past tense of pull faces is pulled faces.

Words near pull faces in the dictionary

  1. pull cords
  2. pull down
  3. pull down a notch
  4. pull down the curtain
  5. pull effect
  6. pull faces
  7. pull factor
  8. pull factors
  9. pull finger
  10. pull for
  11. pull from the fire

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