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knag
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)
- A short spur or stiff projection from the trunk or branch of a tree, such as the stunted dead branch of a fir
- A peg or hook for hanging something on
- (obsolete) One of the points of a stag's horn or a tine
- A knot in a piece of wood or the base of a branch
- A pointed rock or crag
- (Scotland) A small cask or barrel; a keg or noggin
- (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)
- To hang something on a peg
Anagrams
- Kang, gank, kang
Danish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a??
Noun
knag n (singular definite knaget, plural indefinite knag)
- creak
Inflection
Synonyms
- (rare) knagen
Noun
knag c (singular definite knagen, plural indefinite knage)
- dab, dab hand
Inflection
Verb
knag
- imperative of knage
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knap
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /næp/
- Rhymes: -æp
- Homophone: nap
Etymology 1
From Middle English knappen (verb) and knappe (“strike”) (noun), an onomatopoeia.
Verb
knap (third-person singular simple present knaps, present participle knapping, simple past and past participle knapped)
- (transitive) To shape a brittle material having conchoidal fracture, usually a mineral (flint, obsidian, chert etc.), by breaking away flakes, often forming a sharp edge or point.
- (transitive) To rap or strike sharply.
- 1820, The Edinburgh Monthly Magazine, volume 8, no.43, page 81, October 1820.
- Some entered the ring in very bad condition, and immediately got a-piping, like hot mutton pies - fell on their own blows, and knapped it every round, till they shewed the white feather and bolted.
- 1977, Marilynne K. Roach, Encounters with the Invisible World, page 10, ?ISBN.
- "That will be sixpence," he said without looking up. She knapped her lips together and turned on her heel without another word.
- 1820, The Edinburgh Monthly Magazine, volume 8, no.43, page 81, October 1820.
- (obsolete, Britain, dialect) To bite; to bite off; to break short.
- Psalms xlvi. 9
- He breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder.
- 1821, John Clare, "The Village Minstrel":
- "Horses..turn'd to knap each other at their ease."
- Psalms xlvi. 9
- To make a sound of snapping.
- 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgical Treatises
- Press back the head of the Femur into its Acetabulum , and it will knap in
- 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgical Treatises
Usage notes
(to shape a brittle material) In modern usage knap is restricted to the specific technique of percussion flaking whereby flakes are removed across an entire face or facet leaving a conchoidal fracture. It is distinguished from the more general verb chip and is different from "carve" (removing only part of a face), and "cleave" (breaking along a natural plane). The term is used in archaeology for the production of flaked stone tools and in gunsmithing for the production of gunflints. Knap is rarely used in stonemasonry except to denote fine chipping done with smaller hammers but without the chisel.
Synonyms
- (break flakes from brittle material): chip
Derived terms
- knapper
- knappable
Related terms
- knapsack
Noun
knap (plural knaps)
- A sharp blow or slap.
- 2012, Andrew Ashenden, Basics of Stage Combat: Unarmed, ?ISBN.
- It tells the audience the punch was thrown, they hear a knap, and the victim is 'injured'.
- 2012, Andrew Ashenden, Basics of Stage Combat: Unarmed, ?ISBN.
See also
- conchoidal
- flake
- hinge
- pressure flaking
Etymology 2
From Middle English knappe (“knob”), from Old English cnæp, akin to cnotta (“knot”).
Noun
knap (plural knaps) (chiefly dialect)
- A protuberance; a swelling; a knob.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Building
- you shall see many fine seats set upon a knap of ground
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Building
- The crest of a hill
- A small hill
- the highest part and knap of the same Iland
References
knap in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Danish
Etymology 1
Likely related to næppe (“hardly at all”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /knap/, [k?n?b?]
- Rhymes: -ap
Adjective
knap
- scant, scarce
- brief, concise
Inflection
Adverb
knap
- hardly, scarcely
- just under
- barely
Etymology 2
From Old Norse knappr, from Proto-Germanic *knappô.
Noun
knap c (singular definite knappen, plural indefinite knapper)
- button (in clothes etc.)
- button (in machines)
Inflection
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kn?p/
Etymology 1
Of unknown origin. Found only in Dutch and Low German (whence German knapp). Compare Ancient Greek ?????? (knápt?, “to card wool”), ????????? (knéphallon, “flock, wool”), compared in the sense of "tight-fitting, shapely."
Adjective
knap (comparative knapper, superlative knapst)
- smart, intelligent, gifted, talented, clever
- Synonyms: begaafd, slim
- impressive
- Synonym: netjes
- attractive, beautiful, handsome
- Synonym: aantrekkelijk
Inflection
Derived terms
- knappe kop
- knapperd
Adverb
knap
- quite, rather, pretty (reinforces what follows)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
knap
- first-person singular present indicative of knappen
- imperative of knappen
References
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English cnæp.
Noun
knap
- Alternative form of knappe (“knob”)
Etymology 2
Possibly onomatopoeic.
Noun
knap
- Alternative form of knappe (“strike”)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German knapp
Adjective
knap (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- (colloquial) tight
Adverb
knap (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- (colloquial) tightly, barely
Related terms
- jedva, tijesno
Swedish
Noun
knap
- A cleat
Anagrams
- pank
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