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gnash one's teeth

gnash one's teeth verb: to grind or strike the teeth together in anger, signaling extreme rage, frustration, pain, or ferocity.

Verb

gnash one's teeth (third-person singular simple present gnashes one's teeth, present participle gnashing one's teeth, simple past and past participle gnashed one's teeth)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To grind or strike the teeth together in anger, signaling extreme rage, frustration, pain, or ferocity.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see gnash, teeth.

Forms of gnash one's teeth

third-person singular presentgnashes one's teeth
present participlegnashing one's teeth
past participlegnashed one's teeth
pastgnashed one's teeth

Questions about gnash one's teeth

What does gnash one's teeth mean?
Gnash one's teeth means to grind or strike the teeth together in anger, signaling extreme rage, frustration, pain, or ferocity.
What part of speech is gnash one's teeth?
Gnash one's teeth is a verb.
What is the past tense of gnash one's teeth?
The past tense of gnash one's teeth is gnashed one's teeth.

Words near gnash one's teeth in the dictionary

  1. gnarrs
  2. gnars
  3. Gnarwarre
  4. GNAs
  5. gnash
  6. gnash one's teeth
  7. gnash up
  8. gnashed
  9. gnashed one's teeth
  10. gnashed up
  11. gnasher

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