Knack

v. i.	1.	To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink.
	2.	To speak affectedly.
n.	1.	A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack. A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby's cap. - Shak.
	2.	A readiness in performance; aptness at doing a specific task; skill; aptitude; facility; dexterity; - often used with for; as, a knack for playing the guitar. The fellow . . . has not the knack with his shears. - B. Jonson. The dean was famous in his time, And had a kind of knack at rhyme. - Swift.
	3.	Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device. For how should equal colors do the knack ! - Pope.

Noun

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knack - a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it" Synonyms: hang, bent

aptness, bauble, bent, bibelot, bric-a-brac, capacity, command, dexterity, expertise, expertism, expertness, facility, feel, flair, fribble, gaud, genius, gewgaw, gift, gimcrack, hang, head, intuition, kickshaw, knickknack, mastership, mastery, nose, proficiency, quickness, set, swing, touch, toy, trick, trinket, turn, way, whim-wham

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