Reverse Dictionary: GRIN

ADJECTIVES
► RIDENT radiantly cheerful; laughing, smiling, grinning → 1609

NOUNS
► CHICKEN a foolish or sheepish grin → 1943 African-American students’ sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► GIRDLER one who mocks at or ridicules another; one who grins → 1886 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GIRNE-GREAT a great grinner → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GIRNER one who grins, esp. in a competition → 1932
► GRINAGOG a stupid, grinning fellow; one who grins without reason or who is always grinning → 1565 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GRINSHEEP a person who grins sheepishly → 1906 Amer. dial.
► GRIZZLEDEMUNDY a term of abuse applied to a person who laughs at any trifling thing; a grinning fool; a stupid oaf → 1818 Eng. dial.

PHRASES
► OIN THE HIGH GRIN grinning openly and  unmistakeably → 1738 obs.

VERBS
► CHUCK A CHEESY to grin → 1992 Aust. sl.
► FLASH ONE’S IVORIES ► FLASH THE IVORY to smile, to grin → 1785 sl.
► GANGE to show the gums; hence, to grin → 1925 Sc.
► GRIN LIKE A CHESSY CAT to grin widely → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GRIN LIKE A STREET KNOCKER to grin like a Cheshire cat; to have a broad fixed smile on one’s face → 1830s colloq.
► GRIZZLEto grin or laugh, esp. mockingly → 1577 chiefly Sc. Eng. dial.
► INTERGERN to exchange grins or snarls; to snarl back → 1608 obs.
► MAKE MOUTHS to grin; to jeer → 16C colloq.
► MUMP to grimace; to form the lips into a grimace or grin → 1577 chiefly Sc.
► SKIN TEETH to smile; to grin → 1994 Jamaica
► SMICKER to smile fawningly; to smirk; to grin → 1802 Sc. obs.
► SPORT ONE’S IVORY to grin → c1786 sl.