girn

Plural: girns

Verb

Verb Forms: girned, girning, girns

To bare the teeth in a snarl or grimace.
To grimace; to snarl.
To whinge, moan, complain.
To make elaborate unnatural and distorted faces as a form of amusement or in a girning competition.

Noun

A vocalization similar to a cat's purring.

Examples

His opponent began to girn when he realized the perfect word was blocked.

Origin / Etymology

Metathesized form of grin.

Scrabble Score: 5

girn: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
girn: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
girn: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

girn: valid Words With Friends Word