Knack

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knack

[nak]

–noun

1.	a special skill, talent, or aptitude: He had a knack for saying the right thing.

2.	a clever or adroit way of doing something.

3.	a trick or ruse.

4.	a sharp, cracking sound.

5.	Archaic. a knickknack; trinket.

Origin:
1325–75; ME: trick; perh. same word as knak sharp-sounding blow, rap, cracking noise (imit.)

Synonyms:
1. aptness, facility, dexterity.

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knack (nāk)

A clever, expedient way of doing something.
A specific talent for something, especially one difficult to explain or teach. See Synonyms at art¹.
Archaic
1. A cleverly designed device.
2. A knickknack.

[Middle English knakke, from Middle Dutch cnacken, to strike, crack, probably of imitative origin.]

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Word Origin & History

knack

1369, "deception, trick, device," of uncertain origin, probably from a Low Ger. word meaning "a sharp sounding blow" (cf. M.E. knak, c.1380; Ger. knacken "to crack"), of imitative origin. Sense of "special skill" is first recorded 1581, if this is in fact the same word.

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