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18 words match “KNACK”

KNACK n. 5 definitions
A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack. A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby's cap. Shak.
KNACK-KNEED a.
See Knock-kneed.
KNACKER n. 4 definitions
One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc. Mortimer.
KNACKISH a.
Trickish; artful. [Obs.] -- Knack"ish*ness, n. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
KNACKY a.
Having a knack; cunning; crafty; trickish. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Halliwell.
KNICKKNACK n.
A trifle or toy; a bawble; a gewgaw.
KNICKKNACKATORY n.
A collection of knickknacks. Richardson.
KNICKKNACKERY n.
Knickknacks.
NICKNACK n.
See Knickknack.
NICKNACKERY n.
See Knickknackery.
WOODKNACKER n.
The yaffle.
ART n.
r the power of performing certain actions, asquired by experience, study, or observation; knack; a, a man has the art of managing his business to advantage.
BRIC-A BRAC; BRIC-A-BRAC; BRIC A BRAC n.
ntique article of virtu, as a piece of antiquated furniture or metal work, or an odd knickknack.
FACULTY n.
Special mental endowment; characteristic knack. He had a ready faculty, indeed, of escaping from any topic that agitated his too sensitive and nervous temperament. Hawthorne.
INSTINCT n.
A natural aptitude or knack; a predilection; as, an instinct for order; to be modest by instinct.
KNOCK-KNEED a.
Having the legs bent inward so that the knees touch in walking. [Written also knack-kneed.]
NOTION n.
An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack; as, Yankee notions. [Colloq.]
TIC n.
lication; -- called also spasmodic tic. Dunglison. Tic douloureux (. Etym: [F., fr. tic a knack, a twitching + douloureux painful.] (Med.) Neuralgia in the face; face ague. See under Face.