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gnash

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
10
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈnæʃ/

Definition of gnash

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.
    “gnashing your teeth”
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verb

  1. (transitive)To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.
    “gnashing your teeth”
  2. (transitive)To grind between the teeth.
    “to gnash the air in fury”
    “The dog was gnashing a carpet”
  3. (figuratively)To clash together violently.
    “There they were, boiling up in snowy spouts of spray, smiting and gnashing together like the gleaming teeth of hell.”
  4. (Geordie)To run away.

noun

  1. A sudden snapping of the teeth.

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Etymology

From Middle English gnasten. Origin unknown; the word is probably either Germanic or onomatopoeic. Compare Old Norse gnastan, Danish gnaske ("munch", "crunch"), German knirschen, German Low German gnirschen, gnörschen (“gnash”), Swedish gnissla (“squeak; gnash”).

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