make faces

make faces (third-person singular simple present makes faces, present participle making faces, simple past and past participle made faces)

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) Alternative form of make a face
   • 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 5

     Tarzan on his part never lost an opportunity to show that he fully reciprocated his foster father's sentiments, and whenever he could safely annoy him or make faces at him or hurl insults upon him from the safety of his mother's arms, or the slender branches of the higher trees, he did so.