grins 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of grin
as in laughs
to express an emotion (as amusement) by curving the lips upward grinned at the kids' fooling around in the pool

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grins

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noun

plural of grin

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Recent Examples of grins
Noun
Patrick grins at the camera from behind the 14-time Grammy winner, while Brown and his wife, musician Katelyn Jae, stand toward the left. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2025 TikTok @thanosthesaint Clearly enamored with the new game, Lavender grins up at the camera—and the video then switches to her doing the very same thing at a different time, and this time Thanos has all four legs in the air for easier access. Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grins
Verb
  • Elmer Lucille Allen smiles from a mural painted in her honor on a building along Jackson Street in Smoketown.
    Matthew Glowicki, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Sep. 2025
  • In the second photo, the pair walk hand in hand through a field, as Parker Estell, 33, smiles at the camera.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Over the course of an hour, a virtuosic guitarist, a singer, and three dancers performed a program of mournful music and percussive dance, their faces set in serious frowns—an integral part of the performance.
    Fiona Mozley, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The aim was to encode the various nuanced ways human faces transmit states of mind, and then to visualize them; smiles and frowns are the barest beginning.
    Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In response, the Marvel star just laughs.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Jones laughs instead of screams.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Grins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grins. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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