Definitions for knacknæk

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

knacknæk(n.)

  1. a special skill, talent, or aptitude.

  2. a clever or adroit way of doing something.

  3. Archaic. a knickknack; trinket.

Origin of knack:

1325–75; ME: trick; perh. same word as knak sharp-sounding blow

Princeton's WordNet

  1. bent, knack, hang(noun)

    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"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. knack(noun)æk

    a skill or talent

    She has a knack for fixing things.

Wiktionary

  1. knack(Noun)

    A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity.

  2. knack(Noun)

    A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.

  3. knack(Noun)

    Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device.

  4. knack(Verb)

    To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink.

  5. knack(Verb)

    To speak affectedly.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Knack(verb)

    to crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink

  2. Knack(verb)

    to speak affectedly

  3. Knack(noun)

    a petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack

  4. Knack(noun)

    a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity

  5. Knack(noun)

    something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device


Translations for knack

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

knack(noun)

the ability to do something skilfully and easily

It took me some time to learn the knack of making pancakes.

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