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Definition of Knack
Knack

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

To speak affectedly.

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

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

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

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Knack Quotations

The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
Douglas Adams

Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.
Albert Camus

Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
Josh Billings

Writers have to have a knack for listening. I need to be able to hear what is being said to me by the voices I create.
Jeanette Winterson

Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.
J. K. Rowling

Knack Translations

knack in German is Kniff
knack in Swedish is knep, vana


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