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–verb (used without object), verb (used with object), knapped, knap·ping. Chiefly British Dialect.
1.to strike smartly; rap.
2.to break off abruptly.
3.to chip or become chipped, as a flint or stone.
4.to bite suddenly or quickly.
[Origin: 1425–75; late ME; c. D knap (n.), knappen (v.) crack; orig. imit.]

—Related forms
knapper, noun
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tr.v.   knapped, knap·ping, knaps
  1. To break or chip (stone) with sharp blows, as in shaping flint or obsidian into tools.
  2. Chiefly British
    1. To strike sharply; rap.
    2. To snap at or bite.


[Middle English knappen, probably of imitative origin.]

knap'per n.
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