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knap (nap)

transitive verb, intransitive verb knapped, knapping knap′·ping

  1. to knock, rap, or snap
  2. to break or shape (stones or flints) by a quick, hard blow
  3. to bite sharply; snap

Etymology: LME knappen, akin to Du, to snap, eat < IE *gnebh-: for base see knead

noun

a knock; rap
knap2 definition

knap (nap)

noun

  1. the top of a hill; summit
  2. a hillock

Etymology: ME < OE cnæp, top, knob, button, akin to ON knappr < IE *gnebh-: see knap

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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