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Lots of people want to have written; they don't want to write. In other words, they want to see their name on the front cover of a book and their grinning picture on the back. But this is what comes at the end of a job, not at the beginning.
Elizabeth George

Meaning of "grinning" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GRINNING

grinning  [ˈɡrɪnɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRINNING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Grinning is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GRINNING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

grinning

Smile

A smile is a facial expression formed by flexing the muscles near both ends of the mouth and by flexing muscles throughout the mouth. Some smiles include contraction of the muscles at the corner of the eyes. Among humans, it is an expression denoting pleasure, sociability, happiness, or amusement. This is not to be confused with a similar but usually involuntary expression of anxiety known as a grimace. Smiling is something that is understood by everyone, regardless of culture, race, or religion; it is internationally known. Cross-cultural studies have shown that smiling is a means of communication throughout the world, but there are large differences between different cultures. A smile can also be spontaneous or artificial.

Definition of grinning in the English dictionary

The definition of grinning in the dictionary is smiling with the lips drawn back.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GRINNING


adjoining
əˈdʒɔɪnɪŋ
award-winning
əˈwɔːdˌwɪnɪŋ
bargaining
ˈbɑːɡɪnɪŋ
beginning
bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ
beginnings
bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ
combining
kəmˈbaɪnɪŋ
declining
dɪˈklaɪnɪŋ
designing
dɪˈzaɪnɪŋ
determining
dɪˈtɜːmɪnɪŋ
draining
ˈdreɪnɪŋ
entertaining
ˌɛntəˈteɪnɪŋ
lining
ˈlaɪnɪŋ
mining
ˈmaɪnɪŋ
remaining
rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ
shining
ˈʃaɪnɪŋ
signing
ˈsaɪnɪŋ
spinning
ˈspɪnɪŋ
sustaining
səsˈteɪnɪŋ
training
ˈtreɪnɪŋ
winning
ˈwɪnɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GRINNING

grin and bear it
grinch
grind
grind in
grind on
grindelia
Grindelwald
grinder
grinderies
grindery
grindhouse
grinding
grinding wheel
grindingly
grindstone
gringa
gringo
grinned
grinner
grinningly

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRINNING

banning
canning
caravanning
cleaning
cunning
dinning
family planning
fanning
free-running
Manning
pinning
planning
running
scanning
spanning
stunning
tanning
thinning
tunning
up and running
urban planning

Synonyms and antonyms of grinning in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GRINNING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «grinning» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of grinning
beam · smile

Translation of «grinning» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRINNING

Find out the translation of grinning to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of grinning from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «grinning» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

笑嘻嘻
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sonriente
570 millions of speakers

English

grinning
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मुस्कुरा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مبتسما
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ухмыляясь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sorridente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হাসিমুখের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

souriant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tersenyum
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

grins
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

にんまりとする
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

좋다고 웃어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Grinning
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cười toe toét
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

grinning
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कुमारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sırıtma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ghignante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szczerząc
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

посміхаючись
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rânjit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χαμόγελο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

glimlag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

grin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flirer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of grinning

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRINNING»

The term «grinning» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.649 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GRINNING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about grinning

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QUOTES WITH «GRINNING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word grinning.
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Elizabeth George
Lots of people want to have written; they don't want to write. In other words, they want to see their name on the front cover of a book and their grinning picture on the back. But this is what comes at the end of a job, not at the beginning.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRINNING»

Discover the use of grinning in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to grinning and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Witches, Pumpkins, and Grinning Ghosts: The Story of the ...
Explains the origins of and relates stories associated with familiar Halloween symbols.
Edna Barth, 2000
2
Grinning: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.
‎2008
3
The Grinning Man
If Felice can t convince authorities to take her nightmares seriously, she just might be the next victim of The Grinning Man.
A. J. Dichiara, 2009
4
Grinning in His Mashed Potatoes
When Twyman Towerie, the number-two best-selling author in the world, drops dead during a luncheon fundraiser, book rep Honey Huckleberry finds no shortage of suspects, including the author's four ex-wives. Original. PW.
Margaret Moseley, 1999
5
Grinning From Ear to Ear
A lighthearted story of a young south Georgia solder's experiences in the Army during World War II.
Winter Park Presbyterian Church, 2002
6
The Wrath of the Grinning Ghost
Can they locate an ancient book and defeat their deepest fears in time, or is Johnny’s father lost and our world doomed forever? Readers will shiver at the multiple worlds of suspense in this twelfth book in the Johnny Dixon series.
John Bellairs, Brad Strickland, 2014
7
Grinning & grinding: a collection of America's dental humor
This collection of true stories of dental delirium, gathered from across the USA by humorist and dentist, Joseph Portera, is creating a deluge of laughing patients and dentists! Sometimes spicy and sidesplitting...always Funny!!
Joseph J. Portera, 1995
8
Spinning sun, grinning moon: novellas
In this collection of seven of Max Evans's greatest novellas, there is always something new and wonderfully surprising.
Max Evans, Gregory Truett Smith, 1995
9
Grinning made more easy; a collection of comic songs
So as I seen'i's thinkirig'of naming at In, And driving as fast as I can, \ 1 pins a queerl thing ain'st the wall, > Half a monkey, an half a man! I The mob came around him to put up his b16635“ While he's trembling from top“: toe, ' My whip it goes ...
‎1830
10
Granny's Grinning: Short Story
From Remember Why You Fear Me, this story is one of a set of deliciously frightening and darkly satirical tales by Robert Shearman, winner of the World Fantasy Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the Edge Hill ...
Robert Shearman, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRINNING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term grinning is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Baby's Reaction To Seeing Clearly Has Us Grinning Ear To Ear
In the short clip, baby Piper is seen fighting her mother, Jessica Sinclair, who struggles to put on her daughter's glasses. But once the specs are ... «Huffington Post Canada, Jul 15»
2
A look back at the first computer art contests from the '60s: bullet …
... wasn't just a departure from the magazine's traditional covers (smartly dressed engineers grinning over desk-sized computer banks), it was ... «The Verge, Jul 15»
3
This Doctor Knows Exactly How You Feel
According to Banissy and Ward's 2011 paper in the Journal of Neuroscience, when shown photographs of people grinning, frowning, smirking, ... «Pacific Standard, Jul 15»
4
Get an official first look at 'Suicide Squad' in action
A tattooed, grill-grinning Joker (Jared Leto) getting ready to do what he does best -- bring on the pain. "I'm not gonna kill ya," the Joker says in ... «CNET, Jul 15»
5
The homeless man who graduated Harvard Law with John Roberts
There's grinning Ray Anderson, who went on to become the NFL's executive vice president of football operations. There's 24-year-old Thomas ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
6
Gordon Ramsay breezes through Heathrow Airport with his family
Broad shouldered and grinning, Jack was seen striding through the London travel hub with his younger sister Tilly,13. Double trouble: The ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
7
Carmichael is the GOAT of motocross
Heads turned and jaws dropped Saturday morning as the grinning fellow with the He-Man physique and unique nickname walked through the ... «Bristol Herald Courier, Jul 15»
8
Pippa Middleton Wears A Seahorse Patterned Dress For Wimbledon …
She was reportedly seen grinning widely as she watched the match between Giles Simon and Milos Raonic with her friends. Submit Correction. «International Business Times, Jul 15»
9
Top 20 Essential Boy Band Songs
The boy band formula was perfected early on by the Jackson 5, who combined smooth moves, soaring harmonies and grinning bubblegum in ... «Billboard, Jul 15»
10
Rife with David Hasselhoff anecdotes
“You can't say the name World of Smile without grinning and that's what our company is all about … There is a positive feeling around ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Grinning [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/grinning>. Apr 2024 ».
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