Direct Cross-Language Association: “Knack” in German
This word also exists in German! Meaning: “The sound of cracking, a crack, crackle”
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Verb Conjugation Tables & Inflections
Definitions & Usage
(obsolete, UK, dialect) To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise; to chink.
Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
“These men had some uncanny knack of knowing when the steel was right, and like many such things, it just could not be put into a textbook on the subject.”
— 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 14:
“The sophist runs for cover to the darkness of what is not and attaches himself to it by some knack of his;”
— 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 254a:
“And the Premier League's all-time top-goalscoring midfielder proved he has not lost the knack of being in the right place at the right time with a trio of clinical finishes.”
— 2011 October 2, Jonathan Jurejko, “Bolton 1–5 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport: