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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: knack (0.01827 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to knack.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: knack
kepandaian khusus, ketangkasan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: knack
knack
n : a special way of doing something;
“he had a bent for it”;
“he had a special knack for getting into trouble”;
“he
couldn't get the hang of it” [syn:
bent,
hang]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Knack
Knack
\Knack\ (n[a^]k), v. i. [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. G.
knacken to break, Dan. knage to crack, and E. knock.]
1. To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink. [Obs. or
Prov. Eng.] --Bp. Hall.
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2. To speak affectedly. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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Knack
\Knack\, n.
1. A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.
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A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby's cap. --Shak.
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2. A readiness in performance; aptness at doing a specific
task; skill; aptitude; facility; dexterity; -- often used
with for; as, a knack for playing the guitar.
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The fellow . . . has not the knack with his shears.
--B. Jonson.
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The dean was famous in his time,
And had a kind of knack at rhyme. --Swift.
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3. Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and
dexterity; a trick; a device.
“The knacks of japers.”
--Chaucer.
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For how should equal colors do the knack ! --Pope.
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