Wiktionary
vb. (context colloquial English) To make a facial expression, often for humor, as a taunt, or to indicate distaste.
WordNet
v. contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do" [syn: grimace, pull a face]
Usage examples of "make a face".
That individual listened carefully to my story, though he was so still and outwardly calm that I found myself fighting a temptation to make a face at him in mid-sentence just to see if he was really paying attention.
That individual listened carefully to mystory, though he was so still and outwardly calm that I foundmyself fighting a temptation to make a face at him in mid-sentence just to see if he was really p'aying attention.
That individual listened carefully to my story, though he was so still and outwardly calm that I found myself fighting a temptation to make a face at him in mid sentence just to see if he was really paying attention.
Snarks paused mid-clap to make a face even more unpleasant than usual, as if something he had eaten recently was interfering with his digestion.
Sansa used to make a face at the taste and say that wine was ever so much finer, but Arya had liked it well enough.
He would give anything to be with her now, to muss up her hair once more and watch her make a face, to hear her finish a sentence with him.
Elizabeth said, though as she came around the counter, clippers in hand, she took advantage of the woman's attentiveness to her cat to make a face at Brenna.
Insigna was her mothers maiden name and whenever Aurinel said her three names in full, he would salute and make a face, and he hadnt done that in a long time.
He tried not to make a face at the first taste and then manfully swallowed it and dug in for a second forkful.