Reverse Dictionary: SMILE

ADJECTIVES
► MONA LISA of a smile, etc.: enigmatic, mysterious → 1894
► RIANT smiling, laughing, mirthful, cheerful, gay → 1567
► RIDENT radiantly cheerful; laughing, smiling, grinning → 1609 rare
► SMILEFUL smiling; full of smiles → 1609
► SMILEY ► SMILY inclined to smile; readily smiling → 1848
► SMIRKISH smiling, pleasant; somewhat simpering → 1674
► SMIRKY smart, neat, smiling; simpering → 1758 Sc. & US
► SMOLE smiled → 1858 jocular usage
► SUBRIDENT smiling → 1897
► SUBRISIVE smiling, playful → 1867
► SUBRISORY smiling, playful → 1860

NOUNS
► ACTION a look, a smile, a verbal response → 1970s African-American sl.
► BEAM a wide, radiant smile → 1773
► CROCODILE a smile → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► GIGGLEMUG an habitually smiling face → Bk1909 sl.
► PENNY-A-MILE a smile → 20C rhyming sl.
► RIANCY a bright or smiling character → 1831 rare
► RIVER NILE a smile → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► SATURDAY NIGHT SMILE an enthusiastic smile → 1940s US sl.
► SEG a toadying or hypocritical smile → 1960s US students’ sl.
► SMILE LIKE A PO, A a round, benign and full-hearted smile → 1976 sl.
► SMILET a little or slight smile → 1592 rare
► SMIRKLE a smile; a smirk; a suppressed laugh → 1825 Sc.
► SUBRISION a smiling → 1658 rare
► SUN-SMILE a sunny or gracious smile → 1837
► THREE-BY-NINE SMILE a smile to the full extent of the jaws → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► VELCRO GRIN a false rigid smile → 1990s US sl.
► WAN SMILE a faint or forced smile, as of one sick or unhappy → 1877

NOUNS – PERSON
► ALL TITS AND TEETH a woman who capitalizes on her physical charms, esp. her smile and breasts (presumably large), to make up for the lack of more subtle attractions → 1910s sl.
► ALL TITS AND TEETH LIKE A THIRD-ROW CHORUS-GIRL a woman who capitalizes on her physical charms, esp. her smile and breasts (presumably large), to make up for the lack of more subtle attractions → 1910s sl.
► BEAMER a person who beams or smiles broadly → 1857
► GRINSTER a person who smiles in a smirking manner → Bk1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MONA LISA a woman having an enigmatic smile or expression such as that of the woman in Leonardo’s painting → 1835
► POPSY-WOPSY a smiling, doll-like, attractive girl → L19 sl.

PHRASES
► ALL TITS AND TEETH of a woman: having protrusive breasts and large teeth; applied to a woman wearing an insincere smile and exhibiting a notable skill in displaying the amplitude of her bosom → E20

VERBS
► BEAM of a person: to smile radiantly → 1893
► BLINK to smile, to look kindly, but with a modest eye; generally applied to females → 1899 Amer. dial.
► BUTTER THE SHUTTER to smile for the camera → Bk1942 US sl.
► CHEESE to smile, esp. broadly → c1918 Brit. sl.
► CONTROL ONE’S MUSCLES to refrain from smiling or laughing, to keep a straight face → 1894 obs.
► FLASH ONE’S IVORIES to smile, to grin → 1785 sl.
► FLASH THE IVORY to grin, to smile → 1860 sl.
► GOVERN ONE’S MUSCLES to refrain from smiling or laughing, to keep a straight face → 1792 obs.
► GRIN LIKE A STREET KNOCKER to grin like a Cheshire cat; to have a broad fixed smile on one’s face → 1830s colloq.
► HAVE THE DRY-GRINS said of one teased by striving to smile → Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
► MAKE WITH THE PEARLYS to smile → Bk1942 US sl.
► SIMPER LIKE A FRUMETY-KETTLE ► SIMPER LIKE A FURMITY-KETTLE to smile; to look cheerful → 1668 colloq.
► SIMPER LIKE A POT THAT’S READY TO RUN OVER to smile; to look merry or cheerful → 1631 colloq.
► SKIN TEETH to smile; to grin → 1994 Jamaica
► SMICKER to smile fawningly; to smirk; to grin → 1802 Sc. obs.
► SMILESMIRK to smile in a smirking manner → 1922
► SMIRK to smile; later, to smile in an affected, self-satisfied, or silly manner; to simper → ..888
► SMIRKLE to smirk or smile; to giggle; to laugh in a suppressed manner → c1590 Sc.
► SMIRTLE to smile, to smirk → 1650 Sc.
► SMOLE to smile → 1894 jocular usage
► SQUINNY to cause a laugh; to laugh, to smile, to wink → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► SUBRIDE to smile → 1623 obs.