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gnasht

gnasht is the simple past and past participle 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

Questions about gnasht

What is gnasht the simple past and past participle of?
Gnasht is the simple past and past participle of gnash.

Words near gnasht in the dictionary

  1. gnashing
  2. gnashing one's teeth
  3. gnashing up
  4. gnashingly
  5. gnashings
  6. gnasht
  7. gnashy
  8. Gnass
  9. Gnasses
  10. gnast
  11. gnasted

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