girning

• “The water-hen gave one mighty final tug and toppled into the burn; while the weasel viciously showed me his teeth, and then stole slowly up the bank to the rose-bush, whence, "girning," he watched me lift his exhausted victim from the water, and set off with her for the schoolhouse.”

  Auld Licht Idylls

• “The water-hen gave one mighty final tug and toppled into the burn; while the weasel viciously showed me his teeth, and then stole slowly up the bank to the rose-bush, whence, "girning," he watched me lift his exhausted victim from the water, and set off with her for the school-house.”

  Auld Licht Idyls

• “I never thought I'd end up girning at my dinner like a mad pirate.”

  The Guardian: Helen Simpson | Cockfosters

• “Ech! what a wicked 'un he looks, girning at death!”

  Wuthering Heights (Two)

• “God only knows how we have managed to put up with your ungrateful girning, whinning and idiotic supiriority complex.”

  On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...

• “Wouldn't you have just had an overwhelming urge to stand up and punch the girning chimp right in the gob?”

  Why Tell the Jokes?

• “It had been like a mewling bairn, girning away for attention all morning, never satisfied by any amount of delicate handling and soft words, wearyingly restless in its cradle.”

  Boiling a Frog

• “Here were dozens of men who never went near a church and probably harboured no religious prejudice, girning in frustration at not being able to join in songs affirming the superiority of the Scottish Protestant; sung in support of a football team which was today fielding three Dutchmen, two Germans, two Italians, two Australians and an American alongside its one token Scot: Neil McCann, who happened to be a Catholic.”

  Boiling a Frog

• “Local residents are always girning about the noise when the place lets out. ”

  Death Is Not The End

• “Wha are ye girning for like an auld Cheshire cat?" inquired the unsuspicious lady.”

  Bluebell A Novel

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