gnash
verb /næʃ/
/næʃ/
Word Originlate Middle English: perhaps related to Old Norse gnastan ‘a gnashing’.
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they gnash | /næʃ/ /næʃ/ |
| he / she / it gnashes | /ˈnæʃɪz/ /ˈnæʃɪz/ |
| past simple gnashed | /næʃt/ /næʃt/ |
| past participle gnashed | /næʃt/ /næʃt/ |
| -ing form gnashing | /ˈnæʃɪŋ/ /ˈnæʃɪŋ/ |
Idioms
gnash your teeth
- to press or hit your teeth together because you feel angry; to feel very angry and upset about something, especially because you cannot get what you want
- He'll be gnashing his teeth when he hears that we lost the contract.
- The news caused great wailing and gnashing of teeth.
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