gnashes

Definition of gnashesnext
present tense third-person singular of gnash
as in grits
to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound dogs gnashing their teeth

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scrapes
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  • Avery Sullivan, with whom Morris also plays in the country-rock band Fust, keeps loose time on drums, tapping the snare like someone setting down coffee mugs while Libby Rodenbough scrapes out a few melody lines on her fiddle and colors empty spaces with some ghostly tremolo.
    Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 1 Apr. 2026
  • To show me, Max reaches a metal pick into a tank of clear water and scrapes a white line that seems to hover in the center of the tank.
    Blair Braverman, Outside, 3 Mar. 2026
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“Gnashes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gnashes. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.

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