gnash

as in to grit
to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound dogs gnashing their teeth

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Recent Examples of gnash Meanwhile, there was much gnashing and wailing around Nvidia ’s big 9% drop yesterday. Bob Pisani, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024 Party poopers might be weeping and wailing and gnashing teeth over U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s decision to toss out the classified documents case against the Master of Mar-A-Lago. Pat Beall, Orlando Sentinel, 21 July 2024 There is gnashing of teeth over the federal court order on Thursday that former Trump White House aide Steve Bannon surrender on July 1 to begin serving, finally, the four-month sentence imposed on him nearly two years ago by Judge Carl Nichols. Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 8 June 2024 With his blunt bowl cut and single tiny hand, Prince Gerhardt showed off Reubens' gift for slapstick physical comedy, gnashing his yellow teeth and flailing his limp legs. Ew Staff, EW.com, 31 July 2023 See all Example Sentences for gnash 
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Verb
  • Shane and Ted gritted their teeth and checked their watches as the other passengers oohed and ahhed.
    Darryn King, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • By channeling guts and grit into their work, these 10 performers broke away from the pack.
    Natasha Frost, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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  • The Colorado Department of Transportation’s statewide map showed all interstate and major state highways open as of 10:30 a.m., with dozens of plows busy scraping roadways.
    Max Levy, The Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The question scraped against a specific insecurity that can get lodged inside women who are told that our worth is tied to our marriageability.
    Devon Fredericksen, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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  • For seeds with a hard seed coat, scraping them on 150-grit sandpaper scratches the seed coat enough to allow the seed to soak up or imbibe water.
    Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Many lawyers are also scratching their heads over Drake’s case.
    Justin Curto, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025

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“Gnash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gnash. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.

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