Meaning

1 senses

  1. To smile while smirking.

Origin

Compound of smile + smirk. Coined by Irish novelist and poet James Joyce in his 1922 novel

Compound of smile + smirk. Coined by Irish novelist and poet James Joyce in his 1922 novel Ulysses (see quotation below).

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Forms

smile-smirks, smile-smirking, smile-smirked, smile-smirked
Base formsmile-smirk · to smile-smirk
3rd person singularsmile-smirks
Present participlesmile-smirking
Past simplesmile-smirked
Past participlesmile-smirked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysmile-smirk
he, she, itsmile-smirks

Past simpleLesson

all personssmile-smirked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave smile-smirked
he, she, ithas smile-smirked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill smile-smirk

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
smeltsmileA1smileysmirk
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