KNACK: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | nak
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| Matching Terms: | | knacker, knackered, Knackish, Knack-kneed, knackwurst, Knacky
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [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" |
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| | Synonyms: | | bent, hang |
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| | See Also: | | endowment, gift, natural endowment, talent | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\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.
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| | Related Terms: | | ability, adroitness, aptitude, aptness, art, bauble, bent, bibelot, bric-a-brac, capacity, command, dexterity, expertise, expertism, expertness, facility, feel, flair, fribble, gaud, genius, gewgaw, gift, gimcrack, hang, head, intuition, kickshaw, knickknack, know-how, mastership, mastery, nose, proficiency, quickness, readiness, set, skill, swing, talent, touch, toy, trick, trinket, turn, way, whim-wham |
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