Meaning

1 senses

  1. A sudden snapping of the teeth.

Examples

1 sentences

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

    ruНет звука приятнее скрежета зубов коллеги. — Inego

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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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Forms

plural: gnashes
Singulargnash
Pluralgnashes

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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