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knap

2  [nap]
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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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knap   (nāp)   
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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