knap

(Anglès)

Verb

1. (transitive) To break (something) into small pieces with a cracking sound; to fragment, to smash; also, to break (something) apart sharply; to snap.
2. (especially, specifically, transitive) To break (something) into small pieces with a cracking sound; to fragment, to smash; also, to break (something) apart sharply; to snap.
3. (transitive) To strike (something) sharply; to knock, to rap.
4. (transitive) Followed by off: to break (something) away from another thing by striking or tapping sharply.
5. (figuratively, transitive) To say (something) crisply or sharply.
6. (intransitive) To break or fracture suddenly; to snap.
7. (intransitive) To make a cracking or snapping sound; to crack, to snap.
8. (intransitive) To strike sharply.
9. (figuratively, intransitive) To speak crisply or sharply.
10. (figuratively, intransitive, obsolete) To cheat while gambling, especially at a dice game.

Noun

1. (dialectal) A sudden, sharp blow, knock, or slap; a rap, a whack.
2. (dialectal) The sound made by such a blow, knock, or slap.
3. (dialectal) Synonym of chattering damsel (“a component of a traditional mill which creates a vibratory motion to impel portions of grain toward the millstone; a clapper”).
4. (figuratively, obsolete) A method of cheating at a dice game.

Noun

1. (UK, dialectal) A piece of raised ground or a short, steep slope; a small hill; a hillock, a knoll.
2. (UK, dialectal) The crest or top of a hill.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/næp/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: knappen

Heretat de anglès mitjà: knappe

Heretat de anglès antic: cnæp

In summary

The verb is derived from Late Middle English knappen (“to strike (something)”); further etymology uncertain, probably related to Middle Dutch knappen, cnappen (“to break (something) with a sharp sound, snap; to crack or crackle”) (modern Dutch knappen), probably ultimately onomatopoeic.
The noun is derived from Late Middle English knap, knappe (“sharp blow, strike”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from the verb (see above), or related to an ancestor of Danish knep and Swedish knäpp (“a flick, rap, snap”), probably ultimately onomatopoeic.

Conceptes

estellar

asclar

Sinònims

rap

break off

hill

cut off

chip

knoll

box

📦

catch

chop

drive

flick

flip

get hold of

gnaw

hillock

hit

hummock

jab

knack

knock

knot

🪢

mount

nibble

pick up

pull

punch

👊

slog

smite

strike

strike down

swelling

tangle

top

🔝

tuft

visit

whack

whang

small mountain

strike hard

tuffet

drag a bunt

attack

👊

tump

bang

bash

beat

belt

bop