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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.)


1. aptness, facility, dexterity.
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knack   (nāk)   
n.  
  1. A clever, expedient way of doing something.

  2. A specific talent for something, especially one difficult to explain or teach. See Synonyms at art1.

  3. 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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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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