Definition
Present participle of 'girn'; showing one's teeth in a grimace, or making a face.
Etymology
From Scots 'girn' (to snarl or show teeth) plus '-ing' (Old English '-ung', forming present participles and gerunds). The gerund form allows 'girning' to function as a noun (the act of girning) or as a present participle.
Kelly Says
Girning has become unexpectedly famous outside Scotland through British television shows and memes—there's even an annual 'World Gurning Championships' in Cumbria where contestants pull grotesque faces! The word went from obscure dialect term to internet culture, proving that language spreads through entertainment and humor as much as through traditional education.
Translations
CACatalà
girning
zir-ning
CSČeština
girning
zhir-ning
DADansk
girning
zhir-ning
DEDeutsch
Girning
geer-ning
ELΕλληνικά
γίρνινγκ
zir-ning
ESEspañol
girning
gihr-neeng
FISuomi
girning
zhir-ning
FRFrançais
girning
zhir-neeng
HIहिन्दी
गिरनिंग
gir-ning
HUMagyar
girning
zhir-ning
IDBahasa Indonesia
girning
zhir-ning
ITItaliano
girning
zhir-neeng
MSBahasa Melayu
girning
zhir-ning
MYမြန်မာ
ဂိတ်နင်း
git-ning
NLNederlands
girning
zhir-ning
NONorsk
girning
zhir-ning
PLPolski
girning
zhir-ning
PTPortuguês
girning
zhir-neeng
RORomână
girning
zhir-ning
RUРусский
гирнинг
girning
SVSvenska
girning
zhir-ning
SWKiswahili
girning
zhir-ning
TAதமிழ்
கிர்னிங்
kir-ning
TEతెలుగు
గిర్నింగ్
gir-ning
TRTürkçe
girning
gir-ning
UKУкраїнська
гірнінг
hir-ning
VITiếng Việt
girning
zhir-ning