dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/kna_MW.json

{
  "knack":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a clever trick or stratagem":[],
      ": a clever way of doing something":[],
      ": a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "She has a knack for telling interesting stories.",
      "The jazz musician has an incredible knack for improvisation.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Nashville singer-songwriter Sophie Allison, who performs as Soccer Mommy, has a knack for pulling the listener into her pit of anxiety. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 30 June 2022",
      "But his dad has a knack for telling tall tales, and Will listening to his father regale him of stories of his youth brings the emotions to another level. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 30 June 2022",
      "Like Green, Sochan has a knack for getting under the skin of opponents with his aggressive style of play and trash-talking skills. \u2014 Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News , 29 June 2022",
      "As even his harshest critics would concede, Sean Patrick Maloney, the first openly gay person to hold the post, has a knack for that part of the job. \u2014 New York Times , 29 June 2022",
      "Just someone who has a knack for looking outside the box to identify elements of a business that inspire and spur not only employees into action but also the industry and market. \u2014 Jon Michail, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
      "In formal gowns and everyday sundresses, Tove has a knack for turning practical drawstrings into artful details. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 June 2022",
      "LaRavia is a willing defender and has a knack for getting steals and creating in transition. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
      "Madden also has a knack for writing natural and funny dialogue that doesn\u2019t sound scripted. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English knak":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8nak"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for knack gift , faculty , aptitude , bent , talent , genius , knack mean a special ability for doing something. gift often implies special favor by God or nature. the gift of singing beautifully faculty applies to an innate or less often acquired ability for a particular accomplishment or function. a faculty for remembering names aptitude implies a natural liking for some activity and the likelihood of success in it. a mechanical aptitude bent is nearly equal to aptitude but it stresses inclination perhaps more than specific ability. a family with an artistic bent talent suggests a marked natural ability that needs to be developed. has enough talent to succeed genius suggests impressive inborn creative ability. has no great genius for poetry knack implies a comparatively minor but special ability making for ease and dexterity in performance. the knack of getting along",
    "synonyms":[
      "artifice",
      "device",
      "dodge",
      "fetch",
      "flimflam",
      "gambit",
      "gimmick",
      "jig",
      "juggle",
      "play",
      "ploy",
      "ruse",
      "scheme",
      "shenanigan",
      "sleight",
      "stratagem",
      "trick",
      "wile"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194623",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "knackered":{
    "antonyms":[
      "unwearied"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": tired , exhausted":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "She was too knackered to join them for dinner.",
      "I'm absolutely knackered , so no pub-crawling for me tonight.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The adrenaline from having our first child (and keeping him alive) got me through the first several days without feeling completely knackered , but my lack of nocturnal restoration eventually took its toll. \u2014 Patrick Wilson, Outside Online , 15 June 2020",
      "And, if their knees get too knackered , there\u2019s a backup Santa. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Nov. 2021",
      "Mounting a knackered horse and dragging a fat old farmer, Sancho, in his wake, the don declares undying love for an ordinary girl out of her depth. \u2014 Jeanette Winterson, New York Times , 3 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1971, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "English slang knacker to kill, tire, perhaps from knacker , noun":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8na-k\u0259rd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "all in",
      "aweary",
      "beat",
      "beaten",
      "bleary",
      "burned-out",
      "burnt-out",
      "bushed",
      "dead",
      "done",
      "drained",
      "exhausted",
      "fatigued",
      "jaded",
      "limp",
      "logy",
      "loggy",
      "played out",
      "pooped",
      "prostrate",
      "spent",
      "tapped out",
      "tired",
      "tuckered (out)",
      "washed-out",
      "wearied",
      "weary",
      "wiped out",
      "worn",
      "worn-out"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024847",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "knapsack":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a bag (as of canvas or nylon) strapped on the back and used for carrying supplies or personal belongings : backpack sense 1a(2)":[
        "But the 12-year-olds were dumping landslides of books into knapsacks and getting ready to leave, and all I could do was follow them out through the turnstiles and into the start of another summer.",
        "\u2014 Meg Wolitzer",
        "He had a Polaroid camera around his neck and a knapsac k on his back.",
        "\u2014 Brian Selznick"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "grabbed my knapsack from the hook and ran to catch my ride",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Acceptable quantities of pot to now order are ounce, gram, cup, litre, bushel, pallet, thermos, knapsack , mouthful, bathtub, chimney, and hammock. Choose your method. \u2014 Sarah Hutto, The New Yorker , 17 May 2022",
      "Angered by the swindle, the tourists snatched the knapsack of the deal\u2019s alleged go-between and demanded their money back in exchange for returning the bag, with the go-between\u2019s cell phone inside, the prosecution alleged. \u2014 NBC News , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Angered by the swindle, the tourists snatched the knapsack of the deal's alleged go-between and demanded their money back in exchange for returning the bag, with the go-between's cell phone inside, the prosecution alleged. \u2014 Frances D'emilio, USA TODAY , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Parts of the skeleton's armor, along with weapons and a leather knapsack , survived nearly 2,000 years of burial. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "These delicacies\u2014wild-cherry-and-rhubarb pasties, plump whortleberry pies, potato-and-mushroom turnovers\u2014make an appearance at every feast, and in every traveller\u2019s knapsack . \u2014 Ruby Tandoh, The New Yorker , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "The gentleman with the big mustache and the turquoise knapsack walks by and looks at you again. \u2014 Emma Rathbone, The New Yorker , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "The man fills up a knapsack with American groceries and candy. \u2014 NBC News , 20 Aug. 2021",
      "The boy became a courier for Mildred, moving briskly around Berlin under her strict orders, incriminating documents tucked in books in his blue knapsack . \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1599, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Low German knappsack or Dutch knapzak , from Low German & Dutch knappen to make a snapping noise, eat + Low German sack or Dutch zak sack":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8nap-\u02ccsak"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "backpack",
      "kit bag",
      "pack",
      "packsack",
      "rucksack"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115607",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "knave":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a boy servant":[],
      ": a male servant":[],
      ": a man of humble birth or position":[],
      ": a tricky deceitful fellow":[],
      ": jack sense 2a":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "he plays the role of the duplicitous knave who tries to foil the play's hero",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But as Karl suggests, Trump was a knave , not a fool. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "The supporting cast includes knaves and villans such as outlaw John Wesley Hardin, Mexican General Santa Anna and swindler Billy Sol Estes. \u2014 John Maccormack, ExpressNews.com , 27 May 2020",
      "Identifying Figueras as a fellow- knave , Cassidy gives him a delicate sin to commit. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2020",
      "Anybody who makes firm predictions now is a fool or a knave . \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2020",
      "The Founding Fathers were not unaware of the possibility that a demagogue or a knave might win the presidency. \u2014 Ezra Klein, Vox , 6 Sep. 2018",
      "Anyone who has observed both major parties over the decades knows that each party has its share of fools, knaves , and outright crooks. \u2014 John Fund, National Review , 8 Oct. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English cnafa ; akin to Old High German knabo boy":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8n\u0101v"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "baddie",
      "baddy",
      "beast",
      "brute",
      "caitiff",
      "devil",
      "evildoer",
      "fiend",
      "heavy",
      "hound",
      "meanie",
      "meany",
      "miscreant",
      "monster",
      "nazi",
      "no-good",
      "rapscallion",
      "rascal",
      "reprobate",
      "rogue",
      "savage",
      "scalawag",
      "scallywag",
      "scamp",
      "scapegrace",
      "scoundrel",
      "varlet",
      "villain",
      "wretch"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033005",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "knavery":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a roguish or mischievous act":[],
      ": rascality":[],
      ": roguish mischief":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the sort of frat-boy knaveries that become the stuff of campus legend",
      "suspects some knavery going on in the political campaign"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1528, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8n\u0101v-r\u0113",
      "\u02c8n\u0101-v\u0259-r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "antic",
      "caper",
      "capriccio",
      "dido",
      "escapade",
      "frolic",
      "gag",
      "jest",
      "monkeyshine(s)",
      "practical joke",
      "prank",
      "rag",
      "roguery",
      "shavie",
      "shine(s)",
      "trick",
      "waggery"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051127",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "knavish":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "a knavish bunch of urchins racing pell-mell through the marketplace",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Wells could be playful, knavish , and his tone here is one of urgency and optimism about the distribution of information. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 July 2021",
      "The same people who are now telling us that only Republican-voting obscurantists, ignorant deplorables and knavish right-wing media pundits are raising doubts about the vaccine would have been oozing skepticism. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 12 July 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8n\u0101-vish"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "arch",
      "devilish",
      "elvish",
      "espi\u00e8gle",
      "impish",
      "leprechaunish",
      "mischievous",
      "pixie",
      "pixy",
      "pixieish",
      "prankish",
      "puckish",
      "rascally",
      "roguish",
      "scampish",
      "sly",
      "tricksy",
      "waggish",
      "wicked"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024527",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "knapweed":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8nap-\u02ccw\u0113d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Pull Your Share movement, started by Great Falls High teacher Dan Wilkins three years ago, encourages people to spend five to 15 minutes on their trips pulling out noxious, nonnative knapweed at campgrounds and other sites. \u2014 USA TODAY , 14 June 2019",
      "Invasives mainly on roadsides: Cutleaf teasel, wild parsnip,spotted knapweed , phragmites, leafy spurge, Canada thistle and crown vetch. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 Aug. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English knopwed , from knop knop + wed weed":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144216"
  },
  "knapscull":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": helmet":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English knapescall":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192027"
  },
  "knapsack sprayer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a spraying apparatus consisting of a knapsack tank together with pressurizing device, line, and sprayer nozzle, used chiefly in fire control and in spraying fungicides or insecticides":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-200343"
  },
  "knawel":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8n\u022f(\u0259)l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "modification of German kn\u00e4uel, knauel , literally, ball of yarn, from Middle High German kniuwel , alteration of kliuwel , diminutive of kliuwe ball of yarn, from Old High German kliuwa":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172403"
  }
}