What does grinning mean?
Grinning means present participle and gerund of grin.
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/ˈɡɹɪnɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of grin.
I’m grinning because someone told me a joke.
The agitations resembled the grinnings and writhings of a galvanized corpse, not the struggles of an athletic man.
Use grinning when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Grinning means present participle and gerund of grin.
Common synonyms include grin, smile, smiling.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I’m grinning because someone told me a joke.
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