"girning" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: girnings [plural]
Etymology: Metathesized form of grin. Etymology templates: {{m|en|grin}} grin Head templates: {{en-noun}} girning (plural girnings)
  1. (Northern England) A light-hearted competition in which people girn (make elaborate faces) through a horse collar; most popular in rural parts of England. Tags: Northern-England Categories (topical): Games
    Sense id: en-girning-en-noun-1FKdtZFq Disambiguation of Games: 50 50 Categories (other): Northern England English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gurning

Verb [English]

Etymology: Metathesized form of grin. Etymology templates: {{m|en|grin}} grin Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} girning
  1. present participle and gerund of girn Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: girn Categories (topical): Games
    Sense id: en-girning-en-verb-Xrgpa3tZ Disambiguation of Games: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gurning

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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