knack

knack

knack (third-person singular simple present knacks, present participle knacking, simple past and past participle knacked)

1. To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink.
2. To speak affectedly.

knack (plural knacks)

1. A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity.
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 254a.

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

   • 2011 October 2, Jonathan Jurejko, “Bolton 1 - 5 Chelsea”, BBC Sport:

     And the Premier Leagues 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.

2. A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.
3. Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device.

	pallino
	A readiness in performance

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Altri significati:

secret (of doing something)

To speak affectedly.

Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device.

A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity.

To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink.

A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.

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