knap

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Homophones 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 See also 2 Danish 2.1 Adverb 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Adjective 3.2.1 Derived terms 3.3 Adverb

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /næp/
• Rhymes: -æp

[edit] Homophones

• nap

[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) vitrious, brittle homogeneous (i.e., not crystaline) 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 stone masonry 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] See also

• conchodial
• flake
• hinge
• pressure flaking

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Adverb

knap

1. hardly, barely

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /knɑp/

[edit] Adjective

knap, knappe (comp. knapper, superl. knapste)

1. smart, talented
2. attractive, beautiful

[edit] Derived terms

• knappe kop
• knapperd

[edit] Adverb

knap (invariable)

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