Knack

Quick meaning: Knack is a noun meaning A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something.

Meaning

A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something.

More Meanings

1. A petty contrivance; a toy.
2. Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity.
3. To speak affectedly.
4. (obsolete, UK, dialect) To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise; to chink.

Example Sentences

If they hear the Beads knack upon each other, that's enough.

The sophist runs for cover to the darkness of what is not and attaches himself to it by some knack of his;

These men had some uncanny knack of knowing when the steel was right, and like many such things, it just could not be put into a textbook on the subject.

And the Premier League's all-time top-goalscoring midfielder proved he has not lost the knack of being in the right place at the right time with a trio of clinical finishes.

Word Forms

• knacks
• knacking
• knacked

Synonyms for knack

Depending on context, synonyms include skill, facility, dexterity, feeling, plaything, knickknack.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bent, hang, talent, flair, genius, skill.

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