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knack |
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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