bent, knack, hang
(noun) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Knack (plural Knacks)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Knack is the 27845th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 862 individuals. Knack is most common among White (95.48%) individuals.
knack (plural knacks)
A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something. [from 1580]
Synonyms: skill, facility, dexterity
A petty contrivance; a toy.
Synonyms: plaything, knickknack, toy
Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity. [from mid 14th c.]
Synonyms: trick, device
knack (third-person singular simple present knacks, present participle knacking, simple past and past participle knacked)
(obsolete, UK, dialect) To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise; to chink.
To speak affectedly.
Source: Wiktionary
Knack, v. i. Etym: [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.
2. To speak affectedly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Knack, n.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
