different between knar vs knap

English

Alternative forms

• knaur

Etymology

From Middle English knarre (“a crag; twisted rock; knot in wood”), probably from Old English *cnearra, which could be related to cnotta.

Cognate with Dutch knar, knor (“gnarl, knot”), German Low German Knurre, Knur (“knot in wood”), German Knorren (“knot in wood”). Related also to English knurl and gnarl.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /n??(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /n??/, [n??], [n??]
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

knar (plural knars)

1. A knot or burl in a tree; a knurl, a gnarl.

Synonyms

• burl, gnarl, knot, knurl

Related terms

• gnarl, knurl

References

Anagrams

• ARNK, Karn, karn, kran, nark, rank

Danish

Alternative forms

• knor (dated), knarr

Etymology

From Old Danish knar, from Old Norse kn?rr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?n???]

Noun

knar c (singular definite knaren or knarren, plural indefinite knarer or knarrer)

1. (dated) Alternative form of knarr

Inflection

References

• “knar” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Etymology

Variant of knor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kn?r/
• Hyphenation: knar
• Rhymes: -?r

Noun

knar m (plural knarren, diminutive knarretje n)

1. (informal, often with pleonastic attribute "oude") old geezer, oldtimer

2. (informal) bonce, head

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

knar

1. present of kna

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)

1. (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.
2. (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.

3. (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."

4. 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

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)

1. 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'.

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)

1. A protuberance; a swelling; a knob.
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Building

     you shall see many fine seats set upon a knap of ground

2. The crest of a hill
3. 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

1. scant, scarce
2. brief, concise

Inflection

Adverb

knap

1. hardly, scarcely
2. just under
3. barely

Etymology 2

From Old Norse knappr, from Proto-Germanic *knappô.

Noun

knap c (singular definite knappen, plural indefinite knapper)

1. button (in clothes etc.)
2. 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)

1. smart, intelligent, gifted, talented, clever

   Synonyms: begaafd, slim

2. impressive

   Synonym: netjes

3. attractive, beautiful, handsome

   Synonym: aantrekkelijk

Inflection

Derived terms

• knappe kop
• knapperd

Adverb

knap

1. quite, rather, pretty (reinforces what follows)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

knap

1. first-person singular present indicative of knappen
2. imperative of knappen

References

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English cnæp.

Noun

knap

1. Alternative form of knappe (“knob”)

Etymology 2

Possibly onomatopoeic.

Noun

knap

1. Alternative form of knappe (“strike”)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German knapp

Adjective

knap (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (colloquial) tight

Adverb

knap (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (colloquial) tightly, barely

Related terms

• jedva, tijesno

Swedish

Noun

knap

1. A cleat

Anagrams

• pank