gnash

gnash
gnash [nash]
vt.
[Early ModE for earlier gnast < ME gnasten, prob. < ON gnīsta, to gnash (the teeth), gnastan, to gnash, prob. > IE * ghnei- < base * ghen- > GNAW]
1. to grind or strike (the teeth) together, as in anger or pain
2. to bite by grinding the teeth
vi.
to grind the teeth together
n.
the act of gnashing

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(the teeth),


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