3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knack \Knack\, v. i. [Prob. of imitative origin; cf G. knacken
to break, Dan. knage to crack, and E. knock.]
1. To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink. [Obs. or
Prov. Eng.] --Bp. Hall.
2. To speak affectedly. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knack \Knack\, n.
1. A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.
A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby's cap. --Shak.
2. A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something
skill; facility; dexterity.
The fellow . . . has not the knack with his shears.
--B. Jonson
The dean was famous in his time, And had a kind of
knack at rhyme. --Swift.
3. Something performed, or to be done requiring aptness and
dexterity; a trick; a device. ``The knacks of japers.''
--Chaucer.
For how should equal colors do the knack ! --Pope.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
knack
n : a special way of doing something "he had a bent for it";
"he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he
couldn't get the hang of it" [syn: {bent}, {hang}]
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