Antonyms for knap

Grammar : Noun

Spell : nap

Phonetic Transcription : næp

Definition of knap

Origin : "to strike with a sharp sound," late 15c., echoic. Earlier (c.1400) as a noun meaning "abrupt stroke." Related: Knapped; knapping.

As in hump : noun swelling, projection

Example sentences :

Knap, to break in two; also, to speak after the manner of the English.
Extract from : « St. Ronan's Well » by Sir Walter Scott

Also, a blow or correction, as "you'll knap it," for some misdeed.
Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth

But from a knap on the knee-pan I have known a man a lamiter for life.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 404, June, 1849 » by Various

"Really, I think he might have kept his remarks to himself," said Dr. Knap.
Extract from : « Dry Fish and Wet » by Anthon Bernhard Elias Nilsen

It was Mrs. Knap who had the happy thought—the Peace Movement.
Extract from : « Dry Fish and Wet » by Anthon Bernhard Elias Nilsen

And 'tis on the knap afore the old captain's house at Mistover.
Extract from : « Return of the Native » by Thomas Hardy

Billy had showed David how to knap flint and chert the week before, after seeing a filmstrip about it in class.
Extract from : « Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town » by Cory Doctorow

Knap′bottle, the bladder-campion; Knap′per, one who breaks stones, esp.
Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) » by Various

When the inhabitants were removed to Knap in North Curry and elsewhere, they took their old rafters with them or sold these.
Extract from : « Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln » by Charles L. Marson

Knap was quite young in those days, an excitable fellow with a sharp nose that gave him an air of self-importance.
Extract from : « Dry Fish and Wet » by Anthon Bernhard Elias Nilsen

Synonyms for knap

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