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pulled faces

pulled faces is the simple past and past participle of pull faces.

Meaning of pull faces

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

Questions about pulled faces

What is pulled faces the simple past and past participle of?
Pulled faces is the simple past and past participle of pull faces.

Words near pulled faces in the dictionary

  1. pulled back
  2. pulled back the curtain
  3. pulled down
  4. pulled down a notch
  5. pulled down the curtain
  6. pulled faces
  7. pulled for
  8. pulled in
  9. pulled in one's horns
  10. pulled into
  11. pulled my finger

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