verb · transitive · rare

gnash

gnash · gnashes · gnashed · gnashing

скреготати

скрежетать

knirschen

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

/ˈnæʃ/

» There is no sound more pleasant than a colleague's gnashing of teeth.

Нет звука приятнее скрежета зубов коллеги.

Meaning

4 senses

(transitive)To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.
gnashing your teeth
knirschen
скрежета́тьskrežetátʹ
скреготатиskrehotaty
grind together, of teeth
(transitive)To grind between the teeth.
to gnash the air in fury
The dog was gnashing a carpet
(figuratively)To clash together violently.
(Geordie)To run away.

Examples

1 sentences

There is no sound more pleasant than a colleague's gnashing of teeth.
ruНет звука приятнее скрежета зубов коллеги.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger:

Русский

By meaning 1

to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger:

Origin

From Middle English gnasten. Origin unknown; the word is probably either Germanic or ultim

From Middle English gnasten. Origin unknown; the word is probably either Germanic or ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare Old Norse gnastan, Danish gnaske ("munch", "crunch"), German knirschen, German Low German gnirschen, gnörschen (“gnash”), Swedish gnissla (“squeak; gnash”), all of onomatopoeic origin.

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