knap

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Usage notes 1.2.1.2 Synonyms 1.2.1.3 Derived terms 1.2.1.4 Related terms 1.2.2 See also 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 2 Danish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adjective 2.3 Adverb 2.4 Noun 2.4.1 Inflection 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Adjective 3.2.1 Derived terms 3.2.2 Synonyms 3.3 Adverb 3.4 Verb form 4 Swedish 4.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /næp/
• Rhymes: -æp
• Homophones: nap

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English enm, an onomatopeia

[edit] Verb

to knap (third-person singular simple present knaps, present participle knapping, simple past and past participle knapped)

1. (transitive) To shape a hard, brittle material (such as flint, obsidian, chert etc.) by breaking away sections or flakes, often forming a sharp edge or point. Distinguished from "carve" because each fracture goes across one entire face or facet, and from "cleave" because breaking (knapping) vitreous, brittle homogeneous (i.e., not crystalline) materials inevitably results in curved, conchoidal fractures.

[edit] Usage notes

The verb chip is often used as a synonym of the more specific word knap. The term knap is used in archaeology for the production of flaked stone tools and in gunsmithing for the production of gunflints. Knap is often used in more formal discourse for the general term percussion flaking. Knap is rarely used in stonemasonry except to denote fine chipping done with smaller hammers but without the chisel. Knapping is indeed percussion flaking but rarely is used to describe the production of gunflints.

[edit] Synonyms

• chip

[edit] Derived terms

• knapper

[edit] Related terms

• knapsack

[edit] See also

• conchodial
• flake
• hinge
• pressure flaking

[edit] Etymology 2

Middle English, from Old English cnæp, akin to cnotta 'knot'

[edit] Noun

knap (plural knaps) (chiefly dialect)

1. The crest of a hill
2. A small hill

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /knap/, [kʰnɑb̥]

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knap (neuter knapt, definite and plural knappe)

1. scanty, scarce
2. brief, concise

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knap

1. hardly, scarcely
2. just under
3. barely

[edit] Noun

knap c. (singular definite knappen, plural indefinite knapper)

1. button
2. knob
3. controls

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /knɑp/
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[edit] Adjective

knap, knappe (comparative knapper, knappere; superlative knapst, knapste)

1. smart, intelligent, gifted, talented
2. attractive, beautiful, handsome

[edit] Derived terms

• knappe kop
• knapperd

[edit] Synonyms

• begaafd, slim
• aantrekkelijk

[edit] Adverb

knap (invariable)

1. quite/rather ... (reinforces what follows)

[edit] Verb form

knap

1. imperative form of knappen
2. singular present imperfect form of knappen

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

knap

1. A cleat