different between knab vs knag

English

Etymology

See nab, and compare knap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /næb/
• Rhymes: -æb

Verb

knab (third-person singular simple present knabs, present participle knabbing, simple past and past participle knabbed)

1. (colloquial) To nab or steal.
2. (obsolete) To seize with the teeth; to gnaw.

   • a Mouthful of Fresh Grats to Knab upon

Anagrams

• Bank, bank, nabk

English

Alternative forms

• knage
• knagge
• knagg

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æ?

Etymology 1

From Middle English knagge. Cognate with German Low German Knagge, Danish knage, Swedish knagg. Related to knarr and knur.

Noun

knag (plural knags)

1. A short spur or stiff projection from the trunk or branch of a tree, such as the stunted dead branch of a fir
2. A peg or hook for hanging something on
3. (obsolete) One of the points of a stag's horn or a tine
4. A knot in a piece of wood or the base of a branch
5. A pointed rock or crag
6. (Scotland) A small cask or barrel; a keg or noggin
7. (Scotland, obsolete) The woodpecker

Etymology 2

From Middle English knaggen, from the noun (see above).

Verb

knag (third-person singular simple present knags, present participle knagging, simple past and past participle knagged)

1. To hang something on a peg

Anagrams

• Kang, gank, kang

Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a??

Noun

knag n (singular definite knaget, plural indefinite knag)

1. creak

Inflection

Synonyms

• (rare) knagen

Noun

knag c (singular definite knagen, plural indefinite knage)

1. dab, dab hand

Inflection

Verb

knag

1. imperative of knage