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smile

UK/ˈsmaɪl/ US/ˈsmaɪ.əl/ common slang
verb (2) noun (1)

verb

1.
2.

express with a smile

  • “She smiled her thanks”

noun

1.

Origin

From Middle English smilen (“to smile”), from Middle Low German *smîlen (“to smile”), from Middle High German smielen, from Old High German smielēn, from Proto-West Germanic *smīlēn, from Proto-Germanic *smīlāną (“to smile”), from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to laugh, be glad, wonder”). Cognate with Danish smile, Swedish smila, Faroese smíla (“to smile”); also Saterland Frisian smielje (“to smile”), Low German smielen (“to smile”), Dutch smuilen (“to smile”), Middle High German smielen (“to smile”). Related also to Old High German smierōn (“to smile”), Old English smerian (“to laugh at”), Old English smercian, smearcian ("to smile"; > English smirk), Latin mīror (“to wonder at”).

Phrases

  • archaic smile
  • bite and smile
  • Botox smile
  • Chelsea smile
  • crack a smile
  • Duchenne smile
  • Glasgow smile
  • half smile
  • Kool-Aid smile
  • smile a thousand smiles
  • smile from ear to ear
  • smile like a mule eating briars

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