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单词 knacks
释义

knack

noun

ˈnak How to pronounce knack (audio)
1
: a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach
2
a
: a clever trick or stratagem
b
: a clever way of doing something
3
archaic : an ingenious device
broadly : toy, knickknack

Synonyms

  • artifice
  • device
  • dodge
  • fetch
  • flimflam
  • gambit
  • gimmick
  • jig
  • juggle
  • play
  • ploy
  • ruse
  • scheme
  • shenanigan
  • sleight
  • stratagem
  • trick
  • wile
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Example Sentences

She has a knack for telling interesting stories. The jazz musician has an incredible knack for improvisation.
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English knak

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a

Kids Definition

knack

noun

ˈnak How to pronounce knack (audio)
1
: a natural ability : talent
She has a knack for making friends.
2
: a clever or skillful way of doing something : trick Skating is easy once you get the knack.

knacks

noun

plural of knack
1
as in ruses
a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end tried every knack I knew to get him to spill the beans

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • ruses
  • tricks
  • schemes
  • devices
  • stratagems
  • artifices
  • wiles
  • gimmicks
  • sleights
  • jigs
  • gambits
  • ploys
  • dodges
  • trickeries
  • flimflams
  • shenanigans
  • plays
  • juggles
  • fetches
  • cunnings
  • crafts
  • bluffs
  • deceptions
  • feints
  • duplicities
  • subterfuges
  • sleights of hand
  • end runs
  • frauds
  • duperies
  • hoaxes
  • chicaneries
  • gaffs
  • cozenages
  • juggleries
  • swindles
  • fakeries
  • skulduggeries
  • legerdemains
  • blinds
  • skullduggeries
  • shams
  • crookeries
  • smoke screens
  • fronts
2
as in talents
a special and usually inborn ability a jazz musician with an incredible knack for improvisation

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • talents
  • gifts
  • aptitudes
  • flairs
  • skills
  • geniuses
  • faculties
  • tendencies
  • affinities
  • endowments
  • bents
  • eyes
  • ears
  • genii
  • inclinations
  • proficiencies
  • minds
  • feels
  • instincts
  • proclivities
  • predilections
  • penchants
  • propensities
  • powers
  • capacities
  • biases
  • impulses
  • capabilities
  • predispositions
  • touches
  • habitudes
  • partialities
  • leanings
  • dispositions
  • potentials
  • noses
  • facilities
  • heads
  • ways
  • competences
  • specialties
  • specialities
  • fortes
  • turns
  • hangs
  • specialisms

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • weaknesses
  • disabilities
  • handicaps
  • incapacities
  • inabilities
  • shortcomings
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