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Definitions: Knap |
KnapVerb1. Strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles". 2. Break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "knap" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references) |
Synonyms: KnapSynonyms: break off (v), chip (v), cut off (v), rap (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Height | Mount, mountain; hill alto, butte, monticle, fell, knap; cape; headland, foreland; promontory; ridge, hog's back, dune; rising ground, vantage ground; down; moor, moorland; Alp; uplands, highlands; heights; (summit); knob, loma, pena, picacho, tump; knoll, hummock, hillock, barrow, mound, mole; steeps, bluff, cliff, craig, tor, peak, pike, clough; escarpment, edge, ledge, brae; dizzy height. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Knap |
| English words defined with "knap": Hand flus ♦ Knapped, Knapping. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "knap": Knappish, Knapple, knapsack, Knop ♦ Nape. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Knap" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (button), Dutch (ably, beautiful, cleanly cut, cultured, educated, fair, fine, handsome, intelligent, learned, lovely, neat, net, precise, precize, sagacious, well-informed), Swedish (cleat). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Black and white wash painting of Greater Scaups, by Joseph D. Knap. Painting was his hobby and duck hunting a favorite pastime. (Deceased) Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page Visit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Home. |
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| The following table summarizes the usage of "knap" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Knap | Last name | 100 | 82,817 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
knap | 6 |
knap vogt | 6 |
knap sack | 5 |
jennifer knap | 4 |
knap weed | 4 |
flint knap | 3 |
in knap | 3 |
knap shoes | 2 |
britax knap si | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "knap"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shqiptoj shpejtë, shqiptim i shpejtë, copëtoj gur, copëtim gurash. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | удрям (bang against, bash, beat, biff, blast, bruise, bust, catch, douse, hammer, heel, hit, impact, jam on, knock, lash, lay, peg at, plump, poke, pole-ax, pound, ram, set, shoot, slam, slam on, smash, smite, strike, strike in, thunder, wallop, zap), свивам (bend, constrict, contract, convulse, cop, double, double up, draw, knit, knit together, knot, neck, pinch, pucker, roll, screw, screw up, set, shorten, snitch, swing, turn, turn down, twist, wad, warp, work), чукам (drive, hammer, knock, rattle, scutch), троша (crumb, crumble), крада (filch, lift, loot, mooch, plunder, poach, prig, purloin, rustle, scarp, snitch, steal, thieve, win), връх на хълм, изпъкналост (bulge, burr, camber, convexity, jut, knob, lobe, projection, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, salience, swelling, umbo), дялам (chip, chisel, hack, tool). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | roztloukat kámen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σπάζω πέτρεσ, σάκκοσ εφόδιων στρατιώτη. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לשבור אב ים, ל"ת פל על (cut loose, tie into), ל שוך (bite, sting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | összetör (beat, dash, shatter, smash, to break into shivers, to crash, to crush up, to shatter, to shiver, to smash, to smash up), összeroppant (to crack sy up, to crunch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | apknay quebrar (Basil, be bankrupt, breach, break, chip, crack, crush, disintegrate, disrupt, flaw, fracture, grind, knock off, outbreak, shatter, smash, split, violate), partir (absent onself, break, crack, depart, fist, flit, foliate, fracture, go, go away, leave, leaved, outbreak, part, pull out, quit, sail, shove off, slice, smash, split, start, start running, take off), nodoso (gnarled, gnarly, knobby, knotted, knotty, nodose, nodosity), elevação de terreno, crista de monte. (various references) sfãrâma (batter, burst, crack, crackle, crunch, destroy, disrupt, fritter, granulate, grind, mill, ruin, shatter, shiver, smash, split), rosti repede (jabber, jabber out), muşca lacom, concasa (break, crush), înfuleca (bolt, engorge, gorge, guzzle, slummock, wolf, wolf down). (various references) холм (butte, down, hill, knoll, mound), вершина холма (hiltop), бить щебень. (various references) krckati (crack, crunch), vrh brega, uzvišica, glodati (gnaw, mill, nibble). (various references) tepecik (Barrow, Hill, hillock, hummock, knoll, kopje, little hill, mound, stigma), taş yontmak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "knap": knapped, knapper, knappers, knapping, knaps, knapsack, knapsacked, knapsacks, knapweed, knapweeds. (additional references) | |
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"Knap" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anap, Cenap, cnip, gnap, kanap, Kap, Klapp, kna, Knaak, Knab, knac, knaf, knal, knape, knaph, knat, knav, Kneip, knip, kniph, knla, knop, Knopp, Krapp, nadp, nafp, naip, napp, ncp, nepp, ngp, nhap, Nka, Nkipc, nlp, nmp, np, npa. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-k-n-p" | |
-1 letter: nap, pan. | |
-2 letters: an, ka, na, pa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-k-n-p" | |
+1 letter: knaps, pekan, plank, prank, punka, spank. | |
+2 letters: kidnap, napkin, pekans, planks, pranks, punkah, punkas, spanks, unpack. | |
+3 letters: kampong, kidnaps, knapped, knapper, kneecap, kneepad, kneepan, manpack, napkins, nonpeak, packing, packman, packmen, paiking, pancake, panicky, parking, peaking, pikeman, planked, pranked, punkahs, ranpike, spanked, spanker, unpacks, unspeak. | |
+4 letters: backspin, bankrupt, capeskin, crankpin, handpick, kampongs, kephalin, kidnaped, kidnapee, kidnaper, knappers, knapping, knapsack, knapweed, kneecaps, kneepads, kneepans, landskip, minipark, newspeak, pachinko, packings, packness, pancaked, pancakes, panicked, pannikin, parkings, parkland, partaken, peacenik, planking, plankter, plankton, polkaing, pranking, prankish, prefrank, ranpikes, skiplane, snapback, snowpack, spankers, spanking, sparking, speaking, stopbank, tankship, unpacked, unpacker, unspeaks. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4B 6E 61 70 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.- -. .- .--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001011 01101110 01100001 01110000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)K n a p |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004B 006E 0061 0070 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)45806782 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, Arnavut |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, bulharský, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, bulgaristan ile ilgili |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, Τσέχος, cseh, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | hebraishte, иврит, староеврейски език, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, юдей, hebrejský, hebrejec, hebrejka, hebrejština, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, hebreu, hebraico, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, musevi, ibranice, ibrani |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, macarca, macar |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, Rusça |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Names: Frequency 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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