גָּשַׁשׁ (b. h.; v. גּוּשׁ) to touch a substance, to strike against. Ḥall. II, 2; Y. ib. 58ᶜ top הספינה גוֹשֶׁשֶׁת the ship touches the ground (in harbor).
    Pi. - גִּישֵּׁשׁ to feel, grope. Y. Yoma V, 42ᶜ היה מְגַשֵּׁשׁ וכ׳ entered groping &c.
    Pilp. - גִּשְׁגֵּשׁ (cmp. קשקש, כשכש) to beat, ring. Lev. R. s. 8 (ref. to Jud. XIII, 25, cmp. פַּעֲמֹן) התחיל רוה"ק לגַשְׁגֵּשׁ וכ׳ the holy spirit began to ring in Samson.
    Hithpa. - הִתְגַּשֵּׁשׁ, , Hithpol. הִתְגּוֹשֵׁשׁ, Hithpalp. הִתְגַּשְׁגֵּשׁ, Nithpa. נִתְגַּשֵּׁשׁ 1) to wrestle, fight. Gen. R. s. 22; s. 77; Cant. R. to III, 6. Ex. R. s. 28, beg. —2) to exercise one’s strength, practice. Pesik. S’liḥoth. p. 166ᵃ גבור שהוא מִתְגּוֹשֵׁש וכ׳ a warrior practicing on a stone-cutter’s stone.