knack

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/næk/

noun 3verb 2name 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

happy | uncanny

unhappy

She has an unhappy knack for saying the wrong thing at important moments.

VERB + KNACK

have

acquire, develop, get

She developed a real knack for remembering people's names at parties.

lose

After years away from playing guitar, she worried she had lost the knack for it.

PREP

~ for

She has a real knack for making people feel comfortable at parties.

~ of

She has a real knack of making people feel comfortable at parties.

~ to

She discovered there was a real knack to decorating cakes neatly.

Definitions

noun

A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something.

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.

The sophist runs for cover to the darkness of what is not and attaches himself to it by some knack of his;

A petty contrivance; a toy.

Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity.

verb

To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise; to chink.

If they hear the Beads knack upon each other, that's enough.

To speak affectedly.

name

A surname.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a special way of doing something

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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.

Wiktionary

The sophist runs for cover to the darkness of what is not and attaches himself to it by some knack of his;

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

If they hear the Beads knack upon each other, that's enough.

Wiktionary

I am not an artist. I never had the knack for it.

Tatoeba · #1369

I still can't get the knack of English pronunciation.

Tatoeba · #26311

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, knack is marked as obsolete, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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