Grimace

Facial expression

Facial expression is a motion and positioning of the muscles beneath the skin of the face. These movements convey the emotional state of an individual to observers and are a form of nonverbal communication. They are a primary means of conveying social information between humans, but they also occur in most other mammals and some other animal species.

Grimace (composer)

Grimace was a French composer in the ars nova style of late medieval music. Virtually nothing is known about Grimace's life other than speculative information based on the circumstances and content of his five surviving compositions of formes fixes: three ballades, a virelai and rondeau. His best known and most often performed work in modern times is the virelai and proto-battaglia: A l’arme A l’arme.

Grimace (character)

Grimace is a fictional character and mascot used in advertising by the McDonald's fast food restaurant chain. A large, rounded, purple anthropomorphic creature with short arms and legs, Grimace first appeared in November 1971 as part of McDonald's McDonaldland advertising campaign. Originally introduced as a villain known as "Evil Grimace," the character was quickly reimagined as a friendly good natured figure and became one of McDonald's most recognisable mascots alongside Ronald McDonald.

grimace

Noun

1. A contorted facial expression, often expressing contempt or pain.
2. Affectation, pretence.

Verb

1. To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.