τρίζω
Etym. Root ΤΡΙΓ
Etym. Formed from the sound
Etym. epic part. τετριγῶτες, for τετριγότες
1. of animals, "to utter a shrill cry, to scream, cry", of young birds, Il.; of bats, Od.; of ghosts (which, in Shaksp., "squeak and gibber"), Hom., etc.
2. of other sounds, νῶτα τετρίγει (epic plup.) the wrestlers' backs "cracked", Il.; τρ. τοὺς ὀδόντας "to gnash" the teeth, NTest.; of a musical string, "to twang", Anth.