GDict

gnash

næʃ4 senses · 278 ms
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verb/ˈnæʃ/
  1. 1

    To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.transitive

    • gnashing your teeth
  2. 2

    To grind between the teeth.transitive

    • to gnash the air in fury
    • The dog was gnashing a carpet
  3. 3

    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.
  4. 4

    To run away.Geordie

noun/ˈnæʃ/
  1. 1

    A sudden snapping of the teeth.

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