gnash

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My teeth began to gnash, as if by irresistible impulse; my hair stood on end, and large drops of sweat fell from my face!

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  1. transitive verb To grind or strike (the teeth, for example) together.
  2. transitive verb To bite (something) by grinding the teeth.

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  • A student tradition that's been around since 1977 will take over the south grounds of the University of Manitoba Faculty of Architecture all day tomorrow as the architects, interior designers and urban planners of the future gnash, gnarl and slide their way through an ice-covered trench surrounded by 10 - to 15-foot walls of snow. —  Canadian Architect - Headline News
  • CHAPEL HILL - Even as they gnash their teeth over budget cuts, UNC officials are looking to spend big on globalization.
  • I'm glad that she didn't do more than fidget and twitch (parents have been known to cry, gnash their teeth, throw a tantrum, faint, etc.). —  The Bilerico Project
  • Milwaukee Liberals gnash their teeth as Sykes signs long term deal Obama nominee says taxpayer-funded abortion is a 1st Amendment right Obama won't yield to "day to day gyrations of the stock market." gus: Super Id's post may be the most moronic post in the history of Badger ... —  Badger Blogger
  • What intrigues me most about the film is that Gregg manages to underutilize the talent pool he gathered for the supporting cast, which normally makes me gnash my teeth and bite the recess lady's breast, but here, in this strange film, it works. —  Pajiba
 

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Alteration of Middle English gnasten, gnaisten, possibly of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse gnastan, a gnashing.

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  1. Early modern English gnasshe (cf. Middle English gnacchen, gnachen, modern English as if *gnatch, in part apparently a variant of knacken, modern English knack); a variant of earlier gnast: see gnast.
  2. (gnash, v.
 

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