gurn

== English == === Alternative forms === girn === Etymology === Early 20th century: dialect variant of grin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɜː(ɹ)n/ === Noun === gurn (plural gurns) (UK) A distorted facial expression; grimace. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === gurn (third-person singular simple present gurns, present participle gurning, simple past and past participle gurned) (UK) To make a grotesque or funny face; to grimace. ==== Derived terms ==== gurner === Anagrams === Rung, rung == Woiwurrung == === Alternative forms === korren (“throat”) kurn karren (“throat, neck”) koorrn (“neck”) === Noun === gurn the front section of neck throat ==== Derived terms ==== gūrnbert (“neck, necklace place”) dhalabi-gurn (“throat (internal)”) bik-gurn (“mushroom”) === See also === berr-up (“jugular”) koorrn (“neck”) walert gurn (“possum skin rug”) kurnmil (“snake”) === References === 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