1. contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; - Example: "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do" [syn: grimace, make a face, pull a face]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pull a face
v 1: 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, make a face, pull a face]