To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.
Origin
From French grimace, from Middle French grimace, from Old French grimace, grimuche, from grime (with the pejorative suffix -ace, from Latin -āceus), from Frankish *grīma, *grīmō, from Proto-Germanic *grīmô. Cognate with Old English grīma. More at grime.
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