GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Knack (năk), 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.
   
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   2. To speak affectedly. [Prov. Eng.]  Halliwell.
   
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   Knack, n.
   1. A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.
   
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   A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby's cap. Shak.
   
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   2. A readiness in performance; aptness at doing a specific task; skill; aptitude; facility; dexterity; -- often used with for; as, “a knack for playing the guitar”.
   
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   The fellow . . . has not the knack with his shears. B. Jonson.
   
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   The dean was famous in his time,
   
   And had a kind of knack at rhyme. Swift.
   
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   3. Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device. “The knacks of japers.”  Chaucer.
   
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   For how should equal colors do the knack ! Pope.
   
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