grin

About 4.57 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.
2. verb To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.

   Why do you grin? Did I say something funny?

3. verb To express by grinning.

   She grinned pleasure at his embarrassment.

4. verb To show the teeth, like a snarling dog.
5. verb To grin as part of producing a particular facial expression, such as a smile or sneer.

   He grinned a broad smile when I told him the result.

6. noun A snare; a gin.

Similar words

smiling smile emoticon smirk laugh cheer butthead moron idiot mood

Often followed by

and on of that at as was spread to

Word family

grinned grinner grinners grinning grinningly grins wipe the grin off his face