Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A sudden snapping of the teeth.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger. · To grind between the teeth. · To clash together violently. · To run away.
From Middle English gnasten. Origin unknown; the word is probably either Germanic or ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare Old Norse gnastan, Danish gnaske ("munch", "crunch"), German knirschen, German Low German gnirschen, gnörschen (“gnash”), Swedish gnissla (“squeak; gnash”), all of onomatopoeic origin.
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