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Definition: Gnash |
GnashVerb1. Grind together, of teeth. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "gnash" was first used: 1496. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Bible | Gnash Heb. harak, meaning "to grate the teeth", (Job 16:9; Ps. 112:10; Lam. 2:16), denotes rage or sorrow. (See also Acts 7:54; Mark 9:18.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Lamentation | Frown, scowl, make a wry face, gnash one's teeth, wring one's hands, tear one's hair, beat one's breast, roll on the ground, burst with grief. |
Resentment | Pout, knit the brow, frown, scowl, lower, snarl, growl, gnarl, gnash, snap; redden, color; look black, look black as thunder, look daggers; bite one's thumb; show one's teeth, grind one's teeth; champ the bit, champ at the bit. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Gnash |
| English words defined with "gnash": Gnashed, Gnashing. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Damnit! They caught me. Now I have to go gnash my teeth for the paparazzi (A Nightmare On Elm Street: The Dream Child; writing credit: Wes Craven; John Skipp) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| "Gnash" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 40.00% of the time. "Gnash" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 40% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 33.33% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (singular) | 20% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 15 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "gnash": gnash one's teeth. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
gnash | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "gnash"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | kafshoj me forcë, kërcëlloj (chatter, clang, clank, grate, grind). (various references) | |
Arabic | صرير الأسنان, صر باسنانه. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | скърцам със зъби от яд. (various references) | |
Czech | skřípat (creak, grate, grind, jar, rasp, scream, scroop, scrunch). (various references) | |
Dutch | piepen (chirp, creak, grate, grind, peep, twitter), knarsen (creak, grate, grind). (various references) | |
Esperanto | grinci (creak, grate, grind). (various references) | |
Faeroese | grísla (creak, grate, grind), skrenja (creak, grate, grind), ríkja (creak, grate, grind), knarra (creak, grate, grind), hvína (creak, grate, grind), braka (crack, creak, grate, grind). (various references) | |
Farsi | دندان قرچه کردن , بهم فشردن (Compress, Impact, Scrunch), بهم ساءیدن . (various references) | |
Finnish | kiristää hampaitaan (gnash one's teeth). (various references) | |
French | grincer des dents, grincement. (various references) | |
German | knirschen (crunch, grate, grind). (various references) | |
Greek | τρίζω τα δόντια. (various references) | |
Hebrew | לחרוק בשנים (grit, grit ones teeth). (various references) | |
Hungarian | csikorgat (to crunch, to grit, to scrunch). (various references) | |
Indonesian | gerat, menggertakkan (intimidate, spur), menggeratkan, berkeretak (creak, grate). (various references) | |
Italian | digrignare. (various references) | |
Manx | snaggeral (champ, champing, chattering, grinding), snaggeragh (champ). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ashgnay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | ranger (creak, grate, grind). (various references) | |
Romanian | scrâşni (grate, gride, grit). (various references) | |
Russian | скрежетать (grind, rasp). (various references) | |
Scottish | cnuas. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zaškrgutati, škrgutati zubima (grit one's teeth, grit the teeth), škrgutati. (various references) | |
Spanish | rechinar (creak, grate, grind, squeak, whir, whirr). (various references) | |
Swedish | gnissla med tänderna (gnash one's teeth), tandagnisslan. (various references) | |
Thai | การงับด้วยฟัน, กัดฟัน. (various references) | |
Turkish | gıcırdatmak (chatter, grate, grind, grit, jar, scrape, screech), gıcırdamak (clack, creak, grate, grit, groan, jar, rustle, squeak, squeal). (various references) | |
Turkmen | ykyrdamak (creak). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | скрегіт (knack, rasp), скреготати (champ). (various references) | |
Welsh | rhincian (creak). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | stridebant, stridebit, stridebo, stridebunt, stridet, stridor, stridunt. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | cearcian. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Lamentations Chapter 2, Verse 16 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Dihnoixan epi se stoma autwn panteV oi ecqroi sou esurisan kai ebruxan odontaV eipan katepiomen authn plhn auth h hmera hn prosedokwmen euromen authn eidomen |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | FE aperuerunt super te os suum omnes inimici tui sibilaverunt et fremuerunt dentibus dixerunt devoravimus en ista est dies quam expectabamus invenimus vidimus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Ayn. Openeden vp on thee ther mouth alle thin enemyes; whistleden, and gnasteden with ther teeth, and seiden, Wee shul deuoure; lo! this is the dai that wee abiden, wee han founde, and seen. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | All thy enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | All your haters are opening their mouths wide against you; making hisses and whistling through their teeth, they say, We have made a meal of her: certainly this is the day we have been looking for; it has come, we have seen it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Lamentations Chapter 2, Verse 16 |
| Cebuano | Ang tanan mong mga kaaway nagbuka pagdaku sa ilang baba batok kanimo: Sila nagasitsit uban ang pagbiaybiay ug nagapakagut sa ilang mga ngipon; sila nagaingon: Gilamoy namo siya; Sa pagkamatuod mao kini ang adlaw nga atong gipangita; ato nang hikaplagan, kini ato nang nakita. |
| Chinese | 你 的 仇 敵 、 都 向 你 大 大 張 口 ． 他 們 嗤 笑 、 又 切 齒 、 說 、 我 們 吞 滅 他 、 這 真 是 我 們 所 盼 望 的 日 子 臨 到 了 ． 我 們 親 眼 看 見 了 。 |
| Croatian | Na tebe otvaraju usta svi neprijatelji tvoji, zvižde, škrguæu zubima i govore: "Proždrijesmo je! To je dan za kojim èeznusmo, doživjesmo, vidjesmo!" |
| Danish | De opspærred Munden imod dig, alle dine Fjender, hånfløjted, skar Tænder og sagde: "Vi opslugte hende; ja, det er Dagen, vi vented, vi fik den at se." |
| Dutch | Pe. Al uw vijanden sperren hun mond op over u, zij fluiten en knersen met de tanden, zij zeggen: Wij hebben haar verslonden; dit is immers de dag, dien wij verwacht hebben, wij hebben hem gevonden, wij hebben hem gezien. |
| Finnish | Suu ammollaan sinua vastaan ovat kaikki sinun vihamiehesi. He viheltävät, kiristelevät hampaitaan ja sanovat: "Me olemme sen hävittäneet. Tämä on juuri se päivä, jota olemme toivoneet; se on meille tullut, olemme sen nähneet." |
| French | Tous tes ennemis ouvrent la bouche contre toi, Ils sifflent, ils grincent des dents, Ils disent: Nous l`avons engloutie! C`est bien le jour que nous attendions, nous l`avons atteint, nous le voyons! |
| German | Alle deine Feinde sperren ihr Maul auf wider dich, pfeifen dich an, blecken die Zähne und sprechen: He! wir haben sie vertilgt; das ist der Tag, den wir begehrt haben; wir haben's erlangt, wir haben's erlebt. |
| Hungarian | Feltátották ellened szájokat minden ellenségeid; süvöltenek és csikorgatják fogukat, mondván: Nyeljük el õt! Bizony ez a nap az, a melyet vártunk; megértük, látjuk! |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Semua musuhmu memandang mukamu dengan benci, mereka menertawakan engkau dan menyeringai. Mereka berkata, "Kota itu sudah kami musnahkan! Akhirnya tiba juga saatnya yang sudah lama kami nanti-nantikan!" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Segala musuhmu ngangakan mulutnya akan dikau; mereka itu bersiul dan mengerut giginya, sambil katanya: Kita sudah menelan dia; bahwa inilah hari yang sudah kita rindukan! sudah kita mendapat dia, sudah kita melihat dia! |
| Italian | Spalancano contro di te la bocca tutti i tuoi nemici, fischiano e digrignano i denti, dicono: «L'abbiamo divorata! Questo è il giorno che aspettavamo, siamo arrivati a vederlo». |
| Maori | Hamama tonu ki a koe nga mangai o ou hoariri katoa; e hi ana, tete ana o ratou niho: e mea ana, Kua horomia ia e tatou: ko te rangi pu ano tenei i taria atu e tatou, kua tupono mai ki a tatou, kua kitea e tatou. |
| Norwegian | Alle dine fiender spiler op sin munn mot dig, de spotter og skjærer tenner, de sier: Vi har ødelagt den; ja, dette er den dag vi har ventet på; vi har oplevd den, vi har sett den. |
| Portuguese | Todos os teus inimigos abrem as suas bocas contra ti, assobiam, e rangem os dentes; dizem: Devoramo-la; certamente este e o dia que esperavamos; achamo-lo, vimo-lo. |
| Rumanian | Toyi vrqjmawii tqi deschid gura kmpotriva ta, fluierq, scrkwnesc din dinyi, wi zic: ,,Am knghiyit -o!`` ,,Da, aceasta este ziua pe care o awteptam, am ajuns -o wi o vedem!`` |
| Russian | тБЪЙОХМЙ ОБ ФЕВС РБУФШ УЧПА ЧУЕ ЧТБЗЙ ФЧПЙ, УЧЙЭХФ Й УЛТЕЦЕЭХФ ЪХВБНЙ, ЗПЧПТСФ: `РПЗМПФЙМЙ НЩ ЕЗП, ФПМШЛП ЬФПЗП ДОС Й ЦДБМЙ НЩ, ДПЦДБМЙУШ, ХЧЙДЕМЙ!` |
| Spanish | Abrían su boca contra ti todos tus enemigos. Silbaban y rechinaban los dientes diciendo: "¡La hemos destruido! Ciertamente éste es el día que esperábamos; ¡lo hemos alcanzado, lo hemos visto!" |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "gnash": gnashed, gnashes, gnashing. (additional references) | |
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"Gnash" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gaaah, ganas, Ganeesh, gansch, Gasch, gna, gnac, gnaes, gnah, Gnashrak, Gnashy, gnast, gnath, gnaz, gnise, gnish, gnosh, goash, gwash, Ignas, Jansch, nahs, Ngah, Ngbase, Rnaseh. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "gnash" (pronounced na"sh) |
| 2 | -a" sh | abash, ash, bash, brash, cache, cash, clash, crash, dash, flash, gash, hash, lash, mash, noncash, pash, precrash, rash, rehash, sash, slash, smash, splash, stash, thrash, trash. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: hangs, sangh. | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-h-n-s" | |
-1 letter: gash, hags, hang, nags, sang, shag, snag. | |
-2 letters: ash, gan, gas, hag, has, nag, nah, sag, sha. | |
-3 letters: ag, ah, an, as, ha, na, sh. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-h-n-s" | |
+1 letter: ashing, bhangs, changs, hogans, sanghs, whangs. | |
+2 letters: afghans, anguish, bashing, cashing, changes, chasing, dashing, fashing, ganjahs, garnish, gashing, gnashed, gnashes, hagdons, hangars, hangers, hangups, hashing, hasping, hasting, hayings, hazings, lashing, mashing, naughts, pashing, phasing, rehangs, sandhog, sashing, shading, shaking, shaming, shaping, sharing, shaving, shawing, shebang, stengah, unhangs, washing. | |
+3 letters: abashing, afghanis, anhingas, archings, ataghans, chagrins, changers, chasings, clashing, crashing, deashing, flashgun, flashing, gahnites, ganaches, ginghams, gnashing, halogens, handbags, handguns, hangdogs, hangings, hangnest, hangouts, hangtags, harpings, hassling, hawkings, headings, healings, hearings, hearsing, hexagons, hogmanes, langshan, languish, lashings, lathings, leashing, mahjongs, mahuangs, nilghais, nilghaus, nylghais, nylghaus, orangish, paganish, phrasing, plashing, pshawing, quashing, ringhals, saganash, sandhogs, scathing, shadings, shafting, shagging, shagreen, shamming, shanghai, shanking, shantung, sharking, sharping, shauling, shavings, shawling, sheafing, shealing, shearing, sheaving, shebangs, shoaling, shogunal, slashing, smashing, sphagnum, stashing, stengahs, swashing, swathing, thanages, thenages, trashing, washings, whalings, whangees. | |
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