gnash
English
WOTD – 18 March 2007
Etymology
From Middle English gnasten. Origin unknown; the word is probably either Germanic or onomatopoeic. Compare Old Norse gnastan, German knirschen, German Low German gnirschen, gnörschen (“gnash”).
Verb
gnash (third-person singular simple present gnashes, present participle gnashing, simple past and past participle gnashed)
Translations
to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
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