knack Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a special way of doing something
    hang; bent.
    • he had a bent for it
    • he had a special knack for getting into trouble
    • he couldn't get the hang of it

WordNet

Knack intransitive verb
Etymology
Prob. of imitative origin; cf. G. knacken to break, Dan. knage to crack, and E. knock.
Definitions
  1. To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink. Obs. or Prov. Eng. Bp. Hall.
  2. To speak affectedly. Prov. Eng. Halliwell.
Knack noun
Definitions
  1. A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.
    A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby's cap. Shak.
  2. A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity.
    The fellow . . . has not the knack with his shears. B. Jonson.
    The dean was famous in his time, And had a kind of knack at rhyme. Swift.
  3. Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device. "The knacks of japers." Chaucer.
    For how should equal colors do the knack ! Pope.

Webster 1913