grin n.3
(US) amusement; thus for (shits and) grins, for fun.
 | in Folk Speech n.p.: It could be grins: something could be fun [HDAS]. | |
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | ‘Thicker than Water’ Only Fools and Horses [TV script] karen: Your Dad’s a giggle ain’t he? del: Yes Karen, that man is one long grin! | |
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | (con. 1968) Citadel (1989) 67: Maybe take Steve along for grins. | |
| Rivethead (1992) 72: This new requirement was a real grin. | |
| Rumble Tumble 107: Maybe I should hit him some more, just for grins. | |
| Powder 86: They’re having a grin. | |
| Night Gardener 218: So, for shits and grins, you’re saying we should compare the markings. | |
| (con. 1962) Enchanters 83: ‘I buy cherry sno-cones [...] douse them with vodka and green Chartreuse. It’s kicks and grins, baby’. |
In phrases
(US campus) a cynical expression of misfortune.
| Campus Sl. Mar. 1: Ain’t life a grin? – expression used when everything is going wrong. |
(US) without difficulty, ‘laughing’.
| Gleaner (Manchester, NH) 29 July n.p.: He can beat Davy Crockett all hollow on a grin. |
smiling, cheerful.
| Torchy 248: I was on the grin all the afternoon too, thinkin’ of the joshes I was goin’ to hand him. |