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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; Middle English: trick; perhaps same word as knak sharp-sounding blow, rap, cracking noise (imitative)
1325–75; Middle English: trick; perhaps same word as knak sharp-sounding blow, rap, cracking noise (imitative)
Synonyms
1. aptness, facility, dexterity.
1. aptness, facility, dexterity.
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Word Origin & History
knack
mid-14c., "deception, trick, device," of uncertain origin, probably from a Low Ger. word meaning "a sharp sounding blow" (cf. M.E. knak, late 14c.; Ger. knacken "to crack"), of imitative origin. Sense of "special skill" is first recorded 1580s, if this is in fact the same word.
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