pull faces

verb

To make abnormal facial expressions, especially for amusement or to ridicule another person.

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Meanings

verbpull faces (third-person singular simple present pulls faces, present participle pulling faces, simple past and past participle pulled faces)

present singular third person pulls faces · participle present pulling faces · participle past pulled faces · past pulled faces

  1. idiomaticTo make abnormal facial expressions, especially for amusement or to ridicule another person.

    So that they would be especially tired, David had spent an hour entertaining them in their cots earlier in the evening. He had drawn pictures for them with crayons and pulled faces, hummed tunes and danced stupidly around the room until it was time for the goodnight visit.

    1994, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Hippopotamus
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