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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Knack \Knack\ (n[a^]k), verb (used without an object) [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.
2. To speak affectedly. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Knack \Knack\, noun
1. A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.
A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby's cap. --Shak.
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.
The dean was famous in his time, And had a kind of knack at rhyme. --Swift.
3. Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device. ''The knacks of japers.'' --Chaucer.
For how should equal colors do the knack ! --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
knack
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}, {hang}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "knack": ability, adroitness, aptitude, aptness, art, bauble, bent, bibelot, bric-a-brac, capacity, command, dexterity, expertise, expertism, expertness, facility, feel, flair, fribble, gaud, genius, gewgaw, gift, gimcrack, hang, head, intuition, kickshaw, knickknack, know-how, mastership, mastery, nose, proficiency, quickness, readiness, set, skill, swing, talent, touch, toy, trick, trinket, turn, way, whim-wham
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