Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To snatch at with the teeth.
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- verb transitive To
snatch at with theteeth .
Etymologies
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From an alteration of gnast, with a meaning of snap. Compare also Low German gnaspern ("to gnash"). More at gnast.
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