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gnasher

gnasher noun: one who gnashes the teeth.

Noun

gnasher (plural gnashers)

  1. One who gnashes the teeth.
  2. (colloquial) A tooth.
    • Teeth for the ladies; teeth for the gentlemen — at upwards of two pound ten a gnasher"1993, Alethea Helbig with Agnes Perkins, Children's Literature Association, The Phoenix Award of the Children's Literature Association, 1985-1989, page 85
    • COUNTRY park ranger Bob Thurston could hardly believe his luck when he casually asked bosses at the gravel quarry next door whether any interesting old1999 June 19, “Holy molar's, look at this gnasher!; MAMMOTH TOOTH DISCOVERED”, in Coventry Evening Telegraph

Forms of gnasher

pluralgnashers

Origin of gnasher

From gnash + -er.

Questions about gnasher

What does gnasher mean?
Gnasher means one who gnashes the teeth.
What part of speech is gnasher?
Gnasher is a noun.
What is the plural of gnasher?
The plural of gnasher is gnashers.

Words near gnasher in the dictionary

  1. gnash one's teeth
  2. gnash up
  3. gnashed
  4. gnashed one's teeth
  5. gnashed up
  6. gnasher
  7. gnashers
  8. gnashes
  9. gnashes one's teeth
  10. gnashes up
  11. gnashest

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