English
Pronunciation
IPA|/næk/
audio|en-us-knack.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|æk
Noun
en-noun
- A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity.
#* 2005, w:Plato|Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. w:Stephanus pagination|254a.
#*: The sophist runs for conver to the darkness of what is not and attaches himself to it by some knack of his;
- A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.
- Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device.
Translations
trans-top|A readiness in performance
Finnish: taito
French: aptitude f, talent m
trans-mid
Portuguese: talento m
Spanish: tranquillo m
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Verb
en-verb
- To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink.
- To speak affectedly.
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