v.
(grins, grinning, grinned)
- smile broadly.
- grimace grotesquely in a way that reveals the teeth.
n.
a broad smile.
Phrase
- grin and bear it
suffer pain or misfortune in a stoical manner.
Derivative
- grinner n.
- grinning adj.
- grinningly adv.
Etymology
OE grennian ‘bare the teeth in pain or anger’, of Gmc origin; prob. rel. to groan.