Speakur

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grip-and-grin

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables
grip-and--grin
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An event at which one is expected to smile and shake hands for a photograph.

Colloquial

noun

A photograph of people looking towards the camera and smiling while they shake hands, typically taken at such an event.

Colloquial

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Inflected Forms

grip-and-grins (plural)

Questions

What does grip-and-grin mean?
An event at which one is expected to smile and shake hands for a photograph.

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