Definitions
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gnash . - noun A spark; a dying spark; a dead spark, as of a candle snuffed.
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- verb transitive, intransitive To
gnash . - noun A
spark ; a dying spark; a dead spark, as of a snuffed candle.
Etymologies
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From Middle English gnast, knast, from Old English *gnāst ("spark") (in combination fȳrgnāst ("spark of fire")), from Proto-Germanic *gahnaistô (“spark”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- + Proto-Germanic *hnaistô (“spark”). Cognate with German dialectal Ganster ("spark"), Danish gnist ("spark, sparkle"), Swedish gnista ("spark"), Icelandic gneisti, neisti ("spark"), German Gneis ("spark, gneiss").
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From Middle English gnasten, gnaisten, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gnīstijanan (“to grind”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghneidh-, *ghneid- (“to gnaw, scratch, rub”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian knasterje ("to gnash"), German Low German gnatschen ("to knead, gnash"), German knastern ("to gnash"), Icelandic gnesta ("to crack").
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madmouth commented on the word gnast
var. of gnash
Miss Jackson if you're gnasty?
October 15, 2010