knack

  • 31knack — /nak/, n. 1. a special skill, talent, or aptitude: He had a knack for saying the right thing. 2. a clever or adroit way of doing something. 3. a trick or ruse. 4. a sharp, cracking sound. 5. Archaic. a knickknack; trinket. [1325 75; ME: trick;… …

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  • 32knack — 1. noun /næk/ a) A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity. The sophist runs for conver to the darkness of what is not and attaches himself to it by some knack of his; b) A …

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  • 33knack — knạck 〈Int.〉 = knacks * * * knạck: ↑ knacks. * * * Knạck, der; [e]s, e [spätmhd. knacke, Rückbildung zu ↑knacken od. subst. zu ↑knack]: ↑Knacks (1): es gab einen leichten K., und das Glas hatte einen Sprung; der Taxameter ... warf die Zahlen… …

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  • 34knack — vb British to destroy, damage, mess up. This back formation from knacker is common in middle class and armed forces usage, often in the form knack it …

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  • 35knack — noun an acquired or natural skill at performing a task. ↘a tendency to do something. Origin ME: prob. related to obs. knack sharp blow or sound , of imitative origin …

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  • 36knack — n. 1. Toy, plaything, knick knack, gimcrack, gewgaw, bawble, trifle, jiggumbob (comic). 2. Dexterity, adroitness, dextrousness, skill, skilfulness, facility, aptness, aptitude, quickness, readiness, address, expertness …

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  • 37knack — [næk] noun [singular] informal a particular skill or way of doing something She had a knack of making people feel really special.[/ex] …

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  • 38knack — /næk / (say nak) noun 1. a faculty or power of doing something with ease as from special skill; aptitude. –phrase 2. have the knack , to have a facility (for doing something). {Middle English knak trick, stratagem; ? from verb knakken to trill (a …

  • 39knäck — I s ( et, knäck) VARD arbete, extraknäck II s ( en, ar) brott III s ( en, ar) julgodis …

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  • 40Knack — akustinis smūgis statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. acoustic shock vok. akustischer Stoß, m; Knack, m rus. акустический удар, m; звуковой удар, m pranc. choc acoustique, m …

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