Rictus

What do we mean by rictus?

A gaping grimace. noun

The expanse of an open mouth or a bird's beak. noun

The corner of the mouth or the fleshy area where the upper and lower mandibles of a bird meet. noun

In ornithology, the gape of the bill; the cleft between the upper and the lower mandible when the mouth is open. noun

In botany, the throat, as of a calyx, corolla, etc.; the opening between the lips of a ringent or personate flower. noun

The gape of the mouth, as of birds; -- often resricted to the corners of the mouth. noun

A bird's gaping mouth noun

Any open-mouthed expression noun

A gaping grimace noun

A bird's gaping mouth.

The throat of a calyx.

Any open-mouthed expression.

Overdone pout extreme duck face, often seen on selfies Urban Dictionary

Latin for shit-eating grin! Urban Dictionary

Originally a mis-hearing of the earthquake-measuring "Richter Scale", this measures how far your jaw drops when told a surprising or shocking fact. Anything above a Rictus Scale of 7 means you look like Jim Carrey waking from a nightmare. Urban Dictionary

A window of time when you are available Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to rictus:
rictus, rectus, ictus, pictus, ritus, victus, ructus.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word rictus:
grin, shoulder.

Words that rhyme with rictus:
ictus, ductus, victus, conduct us, construct us, instruct us, obstruct us, sucked us, tucked us.

Adjectives that are often used to describe rictus:
perpetual, painful, frozen, horrible, ghastly, permanent, terrible, wide, strange, bitter, hideous, same, final, sardonic, grim, silent, indescribable, grotesque, like, diabolic, frightful, dreadful, toothy, agonized, sudden, ugly, involuntary, slight, mirthless, sickly, twisted, last, awful, violent, nervous.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective rictus:
length, smile, grin.

Consonant match to rictus:
rectus, wrecked us.

Words that sound like rictus:
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