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Gnash

//ˈnæʃ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sudden snapping of the teeth.
Verb
  1. 1
    To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger. transitive

    "gnashing your teeth"

  2. 2
    grind together, of teeth wordnet
  3. 3
    To grind between the teeth. transitive

    "to gnash the air in fury"

  4. 4
    To clash together violently. figuratively

    "There they were, boiling up in snowy spouts of spray, smiting and gnashing together like the gleaming teeth of hell."

  5. 5
    To run away. Geordie

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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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