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grizbite

grizbite is the alternative form of gristbite.

Meaning of gristbite

Verb

gristbite (third-person singular simple present gristbites, present participle gristbiting, simple past gristbit, past participle gristbitten or gristbit)

  1. (archaic, dialectal) To gnash one's teeth.
    • Mrs. Tolpedden achieved a dashing cannon, and then gave a miss, at which she "grisbetted", as Milly called it.1866, George Walter Thornbury, Greatheart

Forms of grizbite

third-person singular presentgrizbites
present participlegrizbiting
pastgrizbit
past participlegrizbitten

Questions about grizbite

What is grizbite the alternative form of?
Grizbite is the alternative form of gristbite.

Words near grizbite in the dictionary

  1. grivna
  2. grivnas
  3. Grix
  4. grixazone
  5. griz
  6. grizbite
  7. grize
  8. Grizebeck
  9. Grizel
  10. Grizelda
  11. grizelin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: grizbite (page history and authors); gristbite (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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