First Known Use: 12th century
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girn
verb \ˈgirn\
Definition of GIRN
intransitive verb
chiefly Scottish : snarl
— girn noun, chiefly Scottish
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Origin of GIRN
Middle English, alteration of grinnen to grin, snarl
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