noun British Dialect.
a crest or summit of a small hill.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English cnæpp top, summit; cognate with Old Norse knappr knob
before 1000; Middle English; Old English cnæpp top, summit; cognate with Old Norse knappr knob
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Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English; cognate with Dutch knap (noun), knappen (v.) crack; orig. imitative
1425–75; late Middle English; cognate with Dutch knap (noun), knappen (v.) crack; orig. imitative
Related forms
knap·per, noun
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knap1 (næp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| dialect the crest of a hill | |
| [Old English cnæpp top; compare Old Norse knappr knob] | |
| knap2 (næp) | |
| —vb , knaps, knapping, knapped | |
| dialect (tr) to hit, hammer, or chip | |
| [C15 (in the sense: to strike with a sharp sound): of imitative origin; compare Dutch knappen to crack] | |
| 'knapper2 | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Knap designed the current stamp showing five scaups, or bluebills flying over a windswept marsh.
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