Speakur

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grin like a mule eating briars

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables
grin -like a -mule eat-ing bri-ars
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To grin very widely.

American usage; Colloquial

Usage

Inflected Forms

grins like a mule eating briars (present, singular) grinning like a mule eating briars (participle, present) grinned like a mule eating briars (participle, past) grinned like a mule eating briars (past)

Synonyms

smile like a mule eating briars

Questions

What does grin like a mule eating briars mean?
To grin very widely.

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