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gnash

Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 1:02 pm
by William Hupy
Is this word only to be used in conjunction with teeth? For the life of me I can not think of a single instance when it has been used otherwise. What else is gnashed or gnashable? In other words what has gnashosity besides teeth? We need an entirely gnew set of words.

Re: gnash

Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 6:37 pm
by Perry Lassiter
Let me gnaw on that one a bit.

Re: gnash

Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 8:50 pm
by Audiendus
There are a few references on the web to "gnashing gears". It sounds more vivid than "grinding". :twisted:

Re: gnash

Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 9:39 pm
by Slava
There are a few references on the web to "gnashing gears". It sounds more vivid than "grinding". :twisted:
Well, you beat me to it, Audiendus. This one popped into my head when I read the original post. Then I doubted myself. Gears are teeth, after all.

Re: gnash

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 2:41 am
by Philip Hudson
There is a slang meaning of gnash. I think the g might be pronounced in this usage, but I'm not sure since my children are way past being teens. In my generation we said swell or peachy keen.