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Knap

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Verb

1. knap, rap

strike sharply

Example Sentences:
'rap him on the knuckles'

2. break off, chip, cut off, knap

break a small piece off from

Example Sentences:
'chip the glass'
'chip a tooth'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Knap

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noun
dialect
the crest of a hill
verbWord forms: knaps, knapping or knapped
(transitive) dialect
to hit, hammer, or chip

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Knap

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verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: knapped or ˈknapping
1. 
to knock, rap, or snap
2. 
to break or shape (stones or flints) by a quick, hard blow
3. 
to bite sharply; snap
noun
4. 
a knock; rap
noun Chiefly Dialectal
1. 
the top of a hill; summit
2. 
a hillock

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Knap

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tr.v. knapped, knap·ping, knaps
1. To break or chip (stone) with sharp blows, as in shaping flint or obsidian into tools.
2. Chiefly British
a. To strike sharply; rap.
b. To snap at or bite.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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