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# knack

noun (a knack, knacks — usually singular)

«knack» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A special skill or clever way of doing something, often one that is hard to explain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knack/#m1)
2. A habit or tendency to do something, often by accident, like «a knack for getting into trouble». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knack/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and stories it describes a natural talent (a knack for drawing, a knack for making friends). In school, teachers say «you'll get the knack of it» when learning long division or skipping rope. Phrases: have a knack for, get the knack of, there's a knack to it.

### Examples

- She has a knack for solving puzzles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knack/#x1)
- Opening this jar is easy once you get the knack. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knack/#x2)
- There's a knack to riding a unicycle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knack/#x3)
- My dog has a knack for finding mud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knack/#x4)
- Tom has a knack for making people laugh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knack/#x5)
- I finally got the knack of long division. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knack/#x6)
- Grandma has a knack with plants; everything she grows is huge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knack/#x7)
- "My dear friend," said the Lion, "how did you get the knack of it so well?" The Fox replied, "Me? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knack/#x8)

### Note

Countable, but nearly always «a knack» or «the knack». The «k» at the start is silent: say NAK. Followed by «for» + noun/-ing, or «of» + -ing in «get the knack of».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «knack» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knack/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«knack» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/knack.html) on Mova free.