Definitions from Wiktionary (knap)
▸ verb: (transitive)
▸ verb: To break (something) into small pieces with a cracking sound; to fragment, to smash; also, to break (something) apart sharply; to snap.
▸ verb: (specifically, especially archaeology) To break away flakes from (a brittle material which fractures conchoidally (“with planar concentric curves”), usually a mineral such as chert, flint, or obsidian), often to form a tool with a sharp edge or point.
▸ verb: To strike (something) sharply; to knock, to rap.
▸ verb: Followed by off: to break (something) away from another thing by striking or tapping sharply.
▸ verb: (figurative) To say (something) crisply or sharply.
▸ verb: (intransitive)
▸ verb: To break or fracture suddenly; to snap.
▸ verb: To make a cracking or snapping sound; to crack, to snap.
▸ verb: To strike sharply.
▸ verb: (figurative)
▸ verb: To speak crisply or sharply.
▸ verb: (gambling, chiefly dice games, obsolete) To cheat while gambling, especially at a dice game.
▸ noun: (chiefly archaic or obsolete except UK, dialectal)
▸ noun: A sudden, sharp blow, knock, or slap; a rap, a whack.
▸ noun: The sound made by such a blow, knock, or slap.
▸ noun: (agriculture) Synonym of chattering damsel (“a component of a traditional mill which creates a vibratory motion to impel portions of grain toward the millstone; a clapper”)
▸ noun: (figurative, gambling, chiefly dice games, obsolete) A method of cheating at a dice game.
▸ noun: A piece of raised ground or a short, steep slope; a small hill; a hillock, a knoll.
▸ noun: The crest or top of a hill.
▸ verb: (transitive) To take a small, quick bite at or of (someone or something); to nibble, to nip, to snap.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To take a small, quick bite.
▸ verb: Obsolete spelling of nap (“to arrest (someone); to grab or nab (someone or something); to steal (something); (obsolete) to receive (severe punishment), especially during a boxing match or a flogging; (generally) to receive (something)”). [To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.]
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▸ verb: (transitive)
▸ verb: To break (something) into small pieces with a cracking sound; to fragment, to smash; also, to break (something) apart sharply; to snap.
▸ verb: (specifically, especially archaeology) To break away flakes from (a brittle material which fractures conchoidally (“with planar concentric curves”), usually a mineral such as chert, flint, or obsidian), often to form a tool with a sharp edge or point.
▸ verb: To strike (something) sharply; to knock, to rap.
▸ verb: Followed by off: to break (something) away from another thing by striking or tapping sharply.
▸ verb: (figurative) To say (something) crisply or sharply.
▸ verb: (intransitive)
▸ verb: To break or fracture suddenly; to snap.
▸ verb: To make a cracking or snapping sound; to crack, to snap.
▸ verb: To strike sharply.
▸ verb: (figurative)
▸ verb: To speak crisply or sharply.
▸ verb: (gambling, chiefly dice games, obsolete) To cheat while gambling, especially at a dice game.
▸ noun: (chiefly archaic or obsolete except UK, dialectal)
▸ noun: A sudden, sharp blow, knock, or slap; a rap, a whack.
▸ noun: The sound made by such a blow, knock, or slap.
▸ noun: (agriculture) Synonym of chattering damsel (“a component of a traditional mill which creates a vibratory motion to impel portions of grain toward the millstone; a clapper”)
▸ noun: (figurative, gambling, chiefly dice games, obsolete) A method of cheating at a dice game.
▸ noun: A piece of raised ground or a short, steep slope; a small hill; a hillock, a knoll.
▸ noun: The crest or top of a hill.
▸ verb: (transitive) To take a small, quick bite at or of (someone or something); to nibble, to nip, to snap.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To take a small, quick bite.
▸ verb: Obsolete spelling of nap (“to arrest (someone); to grab or nab (someone or something); to steal (something); (obsolete) to receive (severe punishment), especially during a boxing match or a flogging; (generally) to receive (something)”). [To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.]
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