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Etymology edit

Early 20th century: dialect variant of grin.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡɜː(ɹ)n/
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Noun edit

gurn (plural gurns)

  1. (Britain) A distorted facial expression; grimace.

Translations edit

Verb edit

gurn (third-person singular simple present gurns, present participle gurning, simple past and past participle gurned)

  1. (Britain) To make a grotesque or funny face; to grimace.

Derived terms edit

Anagrams edit

Manx edit

Verb edit

gurn (verbal noun gurneil)

  1. to direct, govern

Mutation edit

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gurn ghurn ngurn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Woiwurrung edit

Noun edit

gurn

  1. the front section of neck

References edit

  • Barry J. Blake, Woiwurrung, in The Aboriginal Language of Melbourne and Other Sketches (1991; edited by R. M. W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake; OUP, Handbook of Australian Languages 4), pages 31–124