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gnashest

gnashest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of gnash.

Meaning of gnash

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.
    • gnashing your teeth
    Synonyms:
    chatter
  2. (transitive) To grind between the teeth.
    • to gnash the air in fury
  3. (figuratively) To clash together violently.
    • There they were, boiling up in snowy spouts of spray, smiting and gnashing together like the gleaming teeth of hell.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
  4. (Geordie) To run away.

See all 5 meanings of gnash

Origin of gnashest

gnash + -est

Questions about gnashest

What is gnashest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gnashest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of gnash.

Words near gnashest in the dictionary

  1. gnasher
  2. gnashers
  3. gnashes
  4. gnashes one's teeth
  5. gnashes up
  6. gnashest
  7. gnasheth
  8. gnashier
  9. gnashiest
  10. gnashing
  11. gnashing one's teeth

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