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Definition of Knack
1. Noun. A special way of doing something. "He couldn't get the hang of it"
Definition of Knack
1. v. i. To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink.
2. n. A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.
Definition of Knack
1. Noun. A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity. ¹
2. Noun. A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack. ¹
3. Noun. Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device. ¹
4. Verb. To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink. ¹
5. Verb. To speak affectedly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Knack
1. to strike sharply [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knack
Literary usage of Knack
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Administration of Village and Consolidated Schools by Ross Lee Finney, Alfred L. Schafer (1920)
"CHAPTER IV RELATION WITH THE BOARD The knack of Personal Relations. — The village
principal sustains numerous relations which are official or semi-official, ..."
2. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1864)
"knack.—A pleasant conceited | tation of four Knaves, &c. Printed H, in fours.
... 2s. and above Four leaves, See knack то Know A KNAVE, p. 1279, col. ..."
3. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by Robert Dodsley, William Carew Hazlitt (1874)
"Nay, you will scant fare well By that time I have done : but I must about my
business, To find some knack to know this knave at large. ..."
4. Teach Me English by Judy Mahoney (1999)
"This old man, he played two; He played knick-knack on my shoe. (Chorus) This old
man, he played three; He played knick-knack on my knee. ..."
5. The Public and Its School: A Statement of the Means of Finding what the by William McAndrew (1916)
"GETTING THE knack AND THE PLEASURE 26. Observers of habit formation have noticed
that in learning to swim, to play tennis or cards or a musical instrument, ..."
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