Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

make a face

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.35 in modern English

Syllables: make a -face
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make a facial expression, often for humor, as a taunt, or to indicate distaste.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"I looked at Tomkins to see whether, by chance, he had made a face at his lordship, ..."
"I was at Park Safari Africa in Canada on the Canadian border. This was years ago outside of Plattsburgh, New York. And I had a new car at the time, and I was driving through, going through the monkey area. And they said 'beware of the monkeys.' So about ten of them circled my car. And this one special one, like he was the leader of the pack, jumped up on the hood and came right up to the windshield and looked in. So I was like making faces at him. [garbled] 'don't do that!' And believe it or not, he made like a face back. He jumped off the car. He took his fingernails and he peeled all the chrome on both sides of my car off. Picked it up, jumped on the hood, dropped it and left- looked at me and left."

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

makes a face (present, singular) making a face (participle, present) made a face (participle, past) made a face (past)

Phrases

make eyes at make mouths at

Frequently Paired Words

make eyes at make mouths at

Synonyms

pull a face grimace

Questions

What does make a face mean?: To make a facial expression, often for humor, as a taunt, or to indicate distaste.

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