knap
1a crest or summit of a small hill.
Origin of knap
1Other definitions for knap (2 of 2)
to strike smartly; rap.
to break off abruptly.
to chip or become chipped, as a flint or stone.
to bite suddenly or quickly.
Origin of knap
2Other words from knap
- knapper, noun
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How to use knap in a sentence
The reed has to be wet when put up; that is why thatchers wear leather knee-knaps.
Thomas Hardy's Dorset | Robert Thurston HopkinsAfter knaps you are more rested and maybe things don't look just as they do before knaps.
Rebecca Mary | Annie Hamilton DonnellEarly in the morning of September 17, 1862, Knaps battery (shown below) got into the thick of the action of Antietam.
The Civil War Through the Camera | Henry W. (Henry William) Elson
British Dictionary definitions for knap (1 of 2)
/ (næp) /
dialect the crest of a hill
Origin of knap
1British Dictionary definitions for knap (2 of 2)
/ (næp) /
(tr) dialect to hit, hammer, or chip
Origin of knap
2Derived forms of knap
- knapper, noun
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