Meanings
grinny1
comparative more grinny · superlative most grinny
- Having or resembling a grin.
a grinny face
1 more example
That cheeky, grinny smile with those twinkly blue eyes
2019, Liam Livings, Love on the Dancefloor, page 10
grinny2
plural grinnies · alternative grinnie
- PennsylvaniaWesternAn eastern chipmunk, Tamias striatus.
Reason thus, and if your heart beats till it hurts your ribs as a gray squirrel whisks across the dry leaves or a ‘grinny chipmunk’ waves you a derisive signal with his little flag from a log before your very nose, call yourself ‘fool,’ ‘idiot,’ anything that comes handy.
[1898 November, B. W. Mitchell, “A Thanksgiving Deer Hunt in West Virginia”, in Outing, page 143
Origin
grinny · noun
The phrase "grinny chipmunk" is first attested in 1898 (see quotation below). Perhaps from Etymology 1 above.
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