Knack : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Knack	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Knack
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knack n 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" Synonym(s): bent, knack, hang
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knack \Knack\, 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. 2. To speak affectedly. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knack \Knack\, n. 1. A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack. A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby's cap. --Shak. 2. A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity. The fellow . . . has not the knack with his shears. --B. Jonson. The dean was famous in his time, And had a kind of knack at rhyme. --Swift. 3. Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device. [bd]The knacks of japers.[b8] --Chaucer. For how should equal colors do the knack ! --Pope.