"gurn" meaning in English

See gurn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡɜː(ɹ)n/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gurn.wav Forms: gurns [plural]
Etymology: Early 20th century: dialect variant of grin. Head templates: {{en-noun}} gurn (plural gurns)
  1. (British) A distorted facial expression; grimace. Tags: British Categories (topical): Facial expressions Translations (distorted facial expression): irvistys (Finnish), grimas [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-gurn-en-noun-S2b9OSQN Disambiguation of Facial expressions: 73 27 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 72 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: girn

Verb

IPA: /ɡɜː(ɹ)n/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gurn.wav Forms: gurns [present, singular, third-person], gurning [participle, present], gurned [participle, past], gurned [past]
Etymology: Early 20th century: dialect variant of grin. Head templates: {{en-verb}} gurn (third-person singular simple present gurns, present participle gurning, simple past and past participle gurned)
  1. (British) To make a grotesque or funny face; to grimace. Tags: British Derived forms: gurner
    Sense id: en-gurn-en-verb-bnPU9PSh Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: girn

Inflected forms

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        "(British) A distorted facial expression; grimace."
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