garned English
Verb
( head)
* 1995 , Gerald Martin Bordman, American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1914–1930 ,[http://books.google.com/books?id=mmr35sTB0AoC] Oxford University Press, ISBN 0195090780, page 173,
- The playing could not have been at fault, since the two principals garned notices every bit as friendly as the play’s.
* 2004 July 11, “ing”, “ Re: Bradbury's pissed ”, in misc.writing, Usenet ,
- No, you are not disqualified -- but if your information is garned from other sources, it is subject to those sources [sic] opinions and their viewpoints ... and hence, cannot be truly your opinion, unless you feel the need to exactly mirror *their* opinions, based on their say-so. [ellipsis in original]
* 2007 , Robert Niedzwiecki, "SU’s win twice as nice for Lunsfords", The Winchester Star , October 18, 2007
- Waynesburg is now 6-0 and ranked No. 25 in the AFCA Division III poll, though the Yellow Jackets haven’t garned so much as a single vote in the D3football.com poll.
* 2007 , "USF women's hoops picked sixth", Examiner.com, Oct 10, 2007
- Loyola Marymount garned one first-place vote.
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girned English
Verb
(head)
(girn)
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girn English
Alternative forms
* gurn
* gurne
Verb
( en verb)
(label) To grimace; to snarl.
*1999 , (Jessica Stirling), The Wind from the Hills , St Martin's Press.
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To whinge, moan, complain.
*2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 107:
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(label) To make elaborate unnatural and distorted faces as a form of amusement or in a girning competition.
Noun
( en noun)
A vocalization similar to a cat's purring.
*2002 , edited by Richard J. Davidson, Handbook of Affective Sciences , Oxford University Press, p. 569:
- A different vocalization, a girn, simiular to a cat's purring, was observed in infants reunited with their mothers...
See also
* gowl
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