Knack Definition
năk
noun
A clever expedient or way of doing something.
Webster's New World
A tendency or pattern of behavior.
American Heritage
Ability to do something easily; particular skill.
Webster's New World
A trick; device.
Webster's New World
A knickknack; trinket; trifle.
Webster's New World
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verb
To speak affectedly.
Wiktionary
Origin of Knack
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Use as "special skill" from 1580. Possibly from 14th century Middle English krak (“a sharp blow”), knakke, knakken, from Middle Low German, by (onomatopoeia). Latter cognate to German knacken (“to crack”). See also crack.
From Wiktionary
Middle English knakke from Middle Dutch cnacken to strike, crack probably of imitative origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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