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smirk

[smurk] / smɜrk /
NOUN
sly smile
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On Chinese social media, pictures show some users sticking couplets or upside down pictures of Malfoy's signature smirk.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

I must be left in the snow, I must be buried in a hole, I must be reprimanded and ordered not to smirk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

Envy seethes behind those opaque shades and a mask-like smirk.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025

Nevertheless, Bovino’s smirk in the group portrait says it all.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025

He was staring at the two kids, a smirk twisting his mouth.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin