pull a face (at someone)



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pull a face (at someone)

To make a grimacing or humorously distorted facial expression (at someone). Young lady, don't you pull a face at me! You will eat your broccoli or you won't have any dessert. The teacher scolded Jimmy for pulling faces at her from the back of class. When I told him my mother was coming over for dinner, John just pulled a face and went down to the basement.
See also: face, pull

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
NurNOOR (Arabic)Arabic, Turkish, Urdu, Uyghur, Indonesian, Malay
CambriaKAM-bree-ə (English)Various
Gwyneira-Welsh
Nora['nɔ:rə]
DariyaDAH-ree-yahUkrainian
WallisWAWL-isEnglish (Rare)