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1. (n.) knack
a special skill, talent, or aptitude.
2. knack
a clever or adroit way of doing something.
3. knack
Archaic. a knickknack; trinket.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME: trick; perh. same word as knak sharp-sounding blow)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) bent, knack, hang
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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1. (noun) knack
a skill or talent
She has a knack for fixing things.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) knack
a petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack
2. (noun) knack
a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity
3. (noun) knack
something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device
4. (verb) knack
to crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink
5. (verb) knack
to speak affectedly
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Sense: the ability to do something skilfully and easily
It took me some time to learn the knack of making pancakes.
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 Afrikaans: slag |
 Arabic: مَهارَه، بَراعَه |
 Bulgarian: цака |
 Brazilian: habilidade |
 Czech: dovednost, cvik |
 German: der Dreh |
 Danish: håndelag |
 Greek: η ικανότητα να κάνει κπ. |
 Spanish: truco, habilidad |
 Estonian: oskus |
 Farsi: فوت و فن؛ مهارت |
 Finnish: taito |
 French: truc |
 Hebrew: כִּשָרוֹן |
 Hindi: कौशल |
 Croatian: puckanje |
 Hungarian: fortély |
 Indonesian: keahlian |
 Icelandic: handlag |
 Italian: abilità, trucco |
 Japanese: こつ |
 Korean: 익숙한 솜씨 |
 Lithuanian: įgūdis |
 Latvian: prasme;ķēriens |
 Malay: pandai |
 Dutch: vaardigheid |
 Norwegian: håndlag, knep |
 Polish: sztuka |
 Persian: فوت و فن؛ مهارت |
 Pashto: پياوړتيا،مهارت |
 Portuguese: habilidade |
 Romanian: dibăcie, pricepere |
 Russian: сноровка |
 Slovak: zručnosť |
 Slovenian: spretnost |
 Serbian: veština |
 Swedish: skicklighet, gott handlag |
 Thai: ความสามารถพิเศษ |
 Turkish: yetenek, kabiliyet, hüner |
 Taiwanese: 技巧 |
 Ukrainian: навичка; уміння |
 Urdu: فطری یا اکتسابی ملکہ یا م |
 Vietnamese: sở trường |
 Chinese: 技巧 |
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