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make a face en · VERB

Meanings

1. (colloquial) To make a facial expression, often for humor, as a taunt, or to indicate distaste.
   • I looked at Tomkins to see whether, by chance, he had made a face at his lordship, ... 1849, “Mr. Jolly Green's Account Of The Great Paris Excursion”, in W. Harrison Ainsworth, editor, The New monthly magazine, volume 86, page 98:
   • 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. 2006 May 9, Penn Jillette, Michael Goudeau, quoting Pat, 34:52 from the start, in Penn Radio:

Forms

Relateds

make eyes at · make mouths at

Synonyms

pull a face

Translations (20)

ru ко́рчить ро́жу impf ско́рчить ро́жу (to make a facial expression) · pl krzywić się (to make a facial expression) · ru состро́ить грима́су (to make a facial expression) · de Grimasse schneiden (to make a facial expression) · fr faire la grimace (to make a facial expression) · pl zrobić minę (to make a facial expression) · pt fazer careta (to make a facial expression) · sh béljiti se (to make a facial expression) · es poner caras (to make a facial expression) · pl skrzywić się (to make a facial expression) · ru криви́ть лицо́ (to make a facial expression) · es hacer muecas (to make a facial expression) · fi ilmehtiä (to make a facial expression) · sh бељити се (to make a facial expression) · fi ilmeillä (to make a facial expression) · ru скриви́ть лицо́ (to make a facial expression) · pl robić minę (to make a facial expression) · uk криви́тися (to make a facial expression) · ru стро́ить грима́су (to make a facial expression) · fi väännellä naamaansa (to make a facial expression)