Knack: alternatives and connections

The harsh noise of a trumpet; a loud and somewhat harsh noise, like the blast of a trumpet; a roar or bellowing.

To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.

A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.

To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.

A short, sharp, cheerful noise; a chirp; a chirrup; as, the cherup of a cricket.

A bug (Blissus leucopterus), which, in the United States, is very destructive to grass, wheat, and other grains; -- also called chiniz…

A chink or cleft; a narrow and deep ravine; as, Shanklin Chine in the Isle of Wight, a quarter of a mile long and 230 feet deep.

To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall.

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To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery.

A sharp, abrupt noise, or succession of noises, made by striking an object.

To strike; to slap; to strike, or strike together, with a quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise; as, to clap one's hands; a clapp…

A rattling noise, esp. that made by the collision of hard bodies; also, any loud, abrupt sound; a repetition of abrupt sounds.

To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.

The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.

A sharp, sudden sound or report; the sound of anything suddenly burst or broken; as, the crack of a falling house; the crack of thunde…

A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclosed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; -- o…