A petty contrivance; a toy.
To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise; to chink.
If they hear the Beads knack upon each other, that's enough.
To speak affectedly.
A surname.
Use as "special skill" from 1580. Possibly from 14th century Middle English krak (“a sharp blow”), knakke, knakken, from Middle Low German, by onomatopoeia. Latter cognate to German knacken (“to crack...
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