knick-ˈknacketSc. [f. knick-knack + -et1dim. suffix.] A little knick-knack. 1789Burns Capt. Grose's Peregrin. vi, He has a fouth o' auld nick-nackets: Rusty airn-caps and jinglin jackets.1892Keene in Life ix. 212 An omnivorous collector of knick-knackets.