brux

[ bruhks ]

verb (used without object)

, bruxed, brux·ing.

1. to clench and grind the teeth; gnash.

Word History and Origins

Origin of brux¹

1990–95; back formation from bruxism

Example Sentences

Hall plays Jones as a wizened but exhausted old-timer, cranky about the changing times, while Reece’s Brux is defensive about his success and hilariously awkward in his need for validation from an icon.

From Los Angeles Times

And while Brux resembles Garth Brooks — and at one point slips into a reverie where he imagines himself as a rock star, similar to Brooks’ alter-ego Chris Gaines — he isn’t real.

From Los Angeles Times

Reece plays a slack-jawed country singer, Troyal Brux, pronounced Brooks: a fictional megastar based on a genuine one.

From New York Times

“It’s not abnormal to brux,” said Frank Lobbezoo, a bruxism researcher and professor and chair of the Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

From New York Times

If you are a light or poor sleeper, you spend more time in non-REM sleep, which is when people naturally brux.

From New York Times