gnash

gnash
transitive verb

gnash one's teeth [in anger] — [vor Zorn] mit den Zähnen knirschen

gnashing of teeth — Zähneknirschen, das

* * *
verb
(to rub (the teeth) together in anger etc.) knirschen
* * *
gnash
[næʃ]
vt
to \gnash one's teeth mit den Zähnen knirschen
to \gnash one's teeth about sth (fig) wegen einer S. gen murren
* * *
[nʃ]
vt

to gnash one's teeth — mit den Zähnen knirschen

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gnash [næʃ]
A v/i
1. mit den Zähnen knirschen
2. knirschen
B v/t
1. gnash one’s teeth mit den Zähnen knirschen
2. mit knirschenden Zähnen beißen
* * *
transitive verb

gnash one's teeth [in anger] — [vor Zorn] mit den Zähnen knirschen

gnashing of teeth — Zähneknirschen, das

* * *
v.
knirschen v.

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