gnissla

== Swedish == === Etymology === Onomatopoeic. === Verb === gnissla (present gnisslar, preterite gnisslade, supine gnisslat, imperative gnissla) to squeak (like unlubricated metal rubbing against metal, prototypically – high-pitched, relatively pure sounds) to gnash, to grind (teeth, idiomatically) (figuratively) to be friction, etc. (in cooperation or the like) ==== Usage notes ==== Might sometimes be translated as creak due to being more common for doors and the like, but means squeak. Low-pitched, high-frequency popping sounds (creaking) is knarr. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== gnissel gnissla tänder tandagnisslan ==== See also ==== knaka knarra (“creak”) === References === “gnissla”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “gnissla”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “gnissla”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) gnissla in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)