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Gnaw vs Naw - What's the difference?

gnaw | naw |

As a verb gnaw

is to bite something persistently, especially something tough.

As an interjection naw is

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gnaw

English

Verb

  • To bite something persistently, especially something tough.
    • The dog gnawed the bone until it broke in two.
  • To produce excessive anxiety or worry.
    • Her comment gnawed at me all day and I couldn't think about anything else.
  • To corrode; to fret away; to waste.

    • Derived terms

    * gnawer * gnawable

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    naw

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (Scotland)
  • * 2012 , Alex Gray, A Pound of Flesh
    • 'Naw , hen, sorry. Ye're too young for us. Come back when you've got a couple mair years under yer belt, eh?'
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