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Definitions for knap
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Princeton's WordNet
rap, knapverb
strike sharply
"rap him on the knuckles"
chip, knap, cut off, break offverb
break a small piece off from
"chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Knapnoun
A protuberance; a swelling prominence.
Etymology: cnap, Welsh, a protuberance, or a broken piece; cnæp, Saxon, a protuberance.
You shall see many fine seats set upon a knap of ground, environed with higher hills round about it, whereby the heat of the sun is pent in, and the wind gathereth as in troughs. Francis Bacon.
To Knapverb
Etymology: knappen, Dutch.
He knappeth the spear in sunder. Common Prayer.
He will knap the spears a-pieces with his teeth More.
Knap a pair of tongs some depth in a vessel of water, and you shall hear the sound of the tongs. Francis Bacon, Natural Hist.
To Knapverb
To make a short sharp noise.
I reduced shoulders so soon, that the standers-by heard them knap in before they knew they were out. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.
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knap
Knap is a verb that means to break or shape a hard material, such as flint or stone, by striking it forcefully. This technique was often used in prehistoric times to make tools or weapons.
Webster Dictionary
Knapnoun
a protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See Knob, and Knop
Knapverb
to bite; to bite off; to break short
Knapverb
to strike smartly; to rap; to snap
Knapverb
to make a sound of snapping
Knapnoun
a sharp blow or slap
Etymology: [D. knappen to chew, bite, crack, take hold of; prob. of imitative origin.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Knap
nap, v.t. to snap or break with a snapping noise: to break in pieces with blows, as stones: to bite off, nibble:—pr.p. knap′ping; pa.p. knapped.—ns. Knap′bottle, the bladder-campion; Knap′per, one who breaks stones, esp. one who breaks up flint-flakes for gun-flints; Knap′ping-hamm′er (Scot.), a hammer for breaking stones.—v.i. Knap′ple, to nibble. [Dut. knappen, to crack or crush.]
Knap
nap, n. (Bacon) a protuberance, a hillock.—n. Knap′weed, a general name for plants of the genus Centaurea of the composite family—star-thistle, bachelor's buttons. [Conn. with knob, knop.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
knap
[from the Anglo-Saxon cnæp, a protuberance]. The top of a hill. Also, a blow or correction, as "you'll knap it," for some misdeed.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
KNAP
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Knap is ranked #73464 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Knap surname appeared 264 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Knap.
98.1% or 259 total occurrences were White.
Anagrams for knap »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of knap in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of knap in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of knap in a Sentence
This treatment is very different than what Jenny Knap have had before. Jenny Knap have never had a medication that would slow down Alzheimer's disease progression, current available medication such as donepezil or memantine only help modestly with the symptoms but do not slow down the disease's progression.
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