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gnash (nas̸h)

transitive verb

  1. to grind or strike (the teeth) together, as in anger or pain
  2. to bite by grinding the teeth

Etymology: Early ModE for earlier gnast < ME gnasten, prob. < ON gnīsta, to gnash (the teeth), gnastan, to gnash, prob. > IE *ghnei- < base *ghen- > gnaw

intransitive verb

to grind the teeth together

noun

the act of gnashing

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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