Knack

Word KNACK
Character 5
Hyphenation knack
Pronunciations /næk/

Definitions and meanings of "Knack"

What do we mean by knack?

A special talent or skill, especially one difficult to explain or teach. noun

A tendency or pattern of behavior. noun

A clever trick. noun

A knickknack. noun

To crack, make a sharp abrupt noise; specifically, to gnash the teeth; make a champing sound.

To speak affectedly or mincingly.

To talk in a lively manner; narrate.

To cause, to sound.

To sneer; taunt; mock.

A crack or snap; a sharp sound; a snap with the finger or finger-nail. noun

A dexterous exploit; a trick; a device; a mockery; a repartee. noun

Readiness; habitual facility of performance; dexterity; adroitness. noun

An ingenious trifle; a toy; a knickknack. noun

A kind of figure made of a small quantity of corn at the end of the harvest, and carried in the harvest-home procession. noun

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

To speak affectedly. intransitive verb

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

A readiness in performance; aptness at doing a specific task; skill; aptitude; facility; dexterity; -- often used with for. noun

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

A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something.

A petty contrivance; a toy.

Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity.

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The word "knack" in example sentences

There must be, of necessity, a certain "knack" in writing a story in collaboration, even when but two writers engage in the work. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There is a certain knack to lapping a barrel, and probably, not everyone is able to successfully do it, but if you can, it will definitely improve the performance of any rifle. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The knack is the flicking motion that scrapes steel against stone to produce the sparks, and catching the sparks on a piece of char cloth. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One pretty knick-knack is a great treasure to them. ❋ Unknown (2007)

A child who has a certain knack for, say, writing stories in English class needs to be taken aside and told it in order to make them realise that they're special, to encourage them and (more importantly) alienate them from the dickwad jocks around, breeding a seething resentment of their low status in the high school pecking order. ❋ Hal Duncan (2006)

With a certain knack for evading a question she doesn't intend to answer, Zadie Smith is able to bulldoze through a Q&A session with the dexterity of a young (but experienced) movie star. ❋ Unknown (2005)

COOPER: Up next, how Democrats are fighting to overcome what some call their knack for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Whites, however, spent their lives making tools that hammered, cut, tore at nature directly, and only in the one area that they called their knack did they truly make that link. ❋ Card, Orson Scott (1998)

Well, there must be a knack; and one person who has a reputation for that knack is Angus Reid. ❋ Unknown (1991)

At any rate, I suppose the knack is to conceive of this little change as holding the promise of other, equally enjoyable branch-lines or by-ways of pleasure by which to continue on the next stage of my life’s journey, and try not to mind about it too much. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Ephron’s knack is to take an ordinary occurance in middle-class suburbia — a garage sale — and turn it into a scenario thatleaves readers gulping page after page to the resolution. ❋ Unknown (2009)

His knack is to constantly reference Tinfinger, but primarily he does so in more general, thoughtful posts about the aggregator business, so it’s very subtle but effective. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I lit a cigarette and coughed violently until I recalled the knack of diluting the smoke with air. ❋ King, Laurie R. (1996)

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