gnasher

noun — 2 senses

gnasher

noun

Etymology From gnash + -er.

1

One who gnashes the teeth.

2

Colloquial A tooth.

  • Teeth for the ladies; teeth for the gentlemen — at upwards of two pound ten a gnasher"1993, Alethea Helbig with Agnes Perkins, Children's Literature Association, The Phoenix Award of the Children's Literature Association, 1985-1989, page 85:
  • COUNTRY park ranger Bob Thurston could hardly believe his luck when he casually asked bosses at the gravel quarry next door whether any interesting old1999 June 19, “Holy molar's, look at this gnasher!; MAMMOTH TOOTH DISCOVERED”, in Coventry Evening Telegraph:

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