'Knack' definitions:

Definition of 'knack'

(from WordNet)
noun
A special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it" [syn: bent, knack, hang]

Definition of 'Knack'

From: GCIDE
  • Knack \Knack\, n.
  • 1. A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack. [1913 Webster]
  • A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby's cap. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A readiness in performance; aptness at doing a specific task; skill; aptitude; facility; dexterity; -- often used with for; as, a knack for playing the guitar. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • The fellow . . . has not the knack with his shears. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
  • The dean was famous in his time, And had a kind of knack at rhyme. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device. "The knacks of japers." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • For how should equal colors do the knack ! --Pope. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Knack'

From: GCIDE
  • Knack \Knack\ (n[a^]k), v. i. [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. G. knacken to break, Dan. knage to crack, and E. knock.]
  • 1. To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To speak affectedly. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'knack'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Knack'