gnash

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From Middle English gnasten. Origin unknown; the word is probably either Germanic or onomatopoeic. Compare Old Norse gnastan, Danish gnaske ("munch", "crunch"), German knirschen, German Low German gnirschen, gnörschen (“gnash”), Swedish gnissla (“squeak; gnash”).

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قَرَشَ (qaraša) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Breton: charoñsiñ — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Breton: grigoñsat — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Bulgarian: скърцам със зъби (skǎrcam sǎs zǎbi) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Catalan: cruixir — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Cebuano: kagot — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Chinese Cantonese: 咬牙切齒 /咬牙切齿 (ngaau5 ngaa4 cit3 ci2) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Chinese Cantonese: 䶟 (haam6) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Chinese Cantonese: 䫴 /𩖗 (gaam3, ging6) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Chinese Cantonese: 咬牙 (ngaau5 ngaa4) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Chinese Cantonese: 切齒 /切齿 (cit3 ci2) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Chinese Cantonese: 齧齒 /啮齿 (ngit6 ci2, jit6 ci2, ngaat6 ci2) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Hakka Chinese: 咬牙 (ngâu-ngà) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Hakka Chinese: 切齒 /切齿 (chhiet-chhṳ́) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Chinese: 咬牙 (kā-gê) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Chinese: 切齒 /切齿 (chhiat-khí / chhiat-chhí) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Chinese Mandarin: 咬牙切齒 /咬牙切齿 (yǎoyáqièchǐ) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Chinese Mandarin: 䶟 (xiàn) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Chinese Mandarin: 䫴 /𩖗 (jìn) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Chinese Mandarin: 咬牙 (yǎoyá) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Chinese Mandarin: 切齒 /切齿 (qièchǐ) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Chinese Mandarin: 齧齒 /啮齿 (nièchǐ) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Teochew: 咬牙切齒 /咬牙切齿 (ga6 ghê5 ciag4 ki2) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Czech: skřípat — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Danish: skære tænder — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Dutch: tandenknarsen — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Dutch: knarsetanden — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Esperanto: grincigi — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Faroese: grísla — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Finnish: kiristää — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Finnish: kiristellä — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• French: serrer les dents — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• French: grincer — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Galician: rilar — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Galician: rillar — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Georgian: კბილებს აღრჭიალებს (ḳbilebs aɣrč̣ialebs) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Georgian: აღრჭიალებს (aɣrč̣ialebs) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Georgian: კბილებს აღრჭენს (ḳbilebs aɣrč̣ens) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Georgian: აღრჭენს (aɣrč̣ens) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• German: knirschen — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Gothic: 𐌺𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (kriustan) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Greek: τρίζω (trízo) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Ancient Greek: βρύκω (brúkō) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Ancient Greek: βρύχω (brúkhō) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Ancient Greek: γομφιάζω (gomphiázō) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Ancient Greek: πρίω (príō) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Hindi: पीसना (pīsnā) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Hungarian: csikorgatja a fogát — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Hungarian: fogát csikorgatja — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Icelandic: nísta — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Ido: grincar — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Italian: digrignare — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Italian: dirugginire — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Italian: sbattere — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Italian: scuotere — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Japanese: 歯軋りする (hagishiri suru) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Korean: 갈다 (galda) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Latin: frendo — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Latvian: griezt — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Lithuanian: griežti — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Lithuanian: griežinti — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Māori: tetē — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Māori: tetēā — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Māori: whakatetēā — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Māori: nenē — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Norwegian Bokmål: skjære tenner — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Persian: ساییدن (sâyidan) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Polish: zgrzytać — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Portuguese: ranger — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Portuguese: rilhar — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Romanian: scrâșni din dinți — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Romansh: sgriziar — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Romansh: sgriztgar — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Russian: скрежета́ть (skrežetátʹ) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Scots: chirk — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Serbo-Croatian: шкргу̀тати — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Serbo-Croatian: škrgùtati — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Shan: ၵတ်းၶဵဝ်ႈၵတ်းၽၼ်း (kát khāeo kát phán) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Spanish: crujir de dientes — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Swedish: gnissla — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Thai: กัด (gàt) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Ukrainian: скреготати (skrehotaty) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Urdu: پِیسْنا (pīsnā) — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger
• Vietnamese: nghiến răng — to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger