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gnash

  [nash]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to grind or strike (the teeth) together, esp. in rage or pain.
2. to bite with grinding teeth.
–verb (used without object)
3. to gnash the teeth.
–noun
4. an act of gnashing.
Origin:
1490–1500; var. of obs. gnast, ME gnasten; cf. ON gnastan gnashing of teeth

Related forms:
gnash⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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gnash   (nāsh)   
tr.v.   gnashed, gnash·ing, gnash·es

  1. To grind or strike (the teeth, for example) together.

  2. To bite (something) by grinding the teeth.


[Alteration of Middle English gnasten, gnaisten, possibly of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse gnastan, a gnashing.]
gnash n.
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