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"etymology_text": "Use as \"special skill\" from 1580. Possibly from 14th century Middle English krak (“a sharp blow”), knakke, knakken, from Middle Low German, by onomatopoeia. Latter cognate to German knacken (“to crack”). See also crack.",
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"ref": "1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 14",
"text": "These men had some uncanny knack of knowing when the steel was right, and like many such things, it just could not be put into a textbook on the subject.",
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"ref": "2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 254a",
"text": "The sophist runs for cover to the darkness of what is not and attaches himself to it by some knack of his;",
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"ref": "2011 October 2, Jonathan Jurejko, “Bolton 1–5 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "And the Premier League's all-time top-goalscoring midfielder proved he has not lost the knack of being in the right place at the right time with a trio of clinical finishes.",
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"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
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"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
"word": "訣竅"
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"roman": "juéqiào",
"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
"word": "诀窍"
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"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
"word": "taito"
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"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
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"word": "chic"
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"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
"word": "უნარი"
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"word": "ხერხი"
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"word": "გაწაფულობა"
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"roman": "codna",
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"word": "ცოდნა"
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"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Gabe"
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"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
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"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
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"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
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"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
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"word": "képesség"
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"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
"word": "érzék"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
"tags": [
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"word": "féith"
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"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "pallino"
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"alt": "さいかく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "saikaku",
"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
"word": "才覚"
},
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"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "tetık",
"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
"word": "тетік"
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"_dis1": "88 1 11",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Bejriff"
},
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"_dis1": "88 1 11",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "żyłka"
},
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"_dis1": "88 1 11",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dryg"
},
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"_dis1": "88 1 11",
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "smykałka"
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"_dis1": "88 1 11",
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"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "biegłość"
},
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"_dis1": "88 1 11",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "talento"
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"_dis1": "88 1 11",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "snorovka",
"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
"word": "сноровка"
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"_dis1": "88 1 11",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aptitud"
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"_dis1": "88 1 11",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vprávnistʹ",
"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "впра́вність"
},
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"roman": "uprávnistʹ",
"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "упра́вність"
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"code": "cy",
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"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dawn"
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"word": "plaything"
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"word": "knickknack"
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"_dis1": "2 95 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schnickschnack"
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"sense": "a petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack",
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"neuter"
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"word": "Spielzeug"
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"_dis1": "2 95 3",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack",
"word": "csecsebecse"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack",
"word": "mütyürke"
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"sense": "a petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack",
"word": "nipp"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack",
"word": "dísztárgy"
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{
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"lang": "Hungarian",
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"word": "csetresz"
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"_dis1": "2 95 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chisme"
}
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "caka",
"sense": "something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "цака"
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"sense": "something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Trick"
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"sense": "something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kniff"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device",
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"word": "Kunststück"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device",
"word": "fortély"
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"sense": "something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device",
"word": "nyitja"
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],
"word": "truco"
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"_dis1": "10 6 84",
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"roman": "trjuk",
"sense": "something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "трюк"
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"(obsolete, UK, dialect) To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise; to chink."
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"_dis1": "100 0",
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"sense": "to crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink",
"word": "тряскам"
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"sense": "to crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink",
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"_dis1": "100 0",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink",
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"word": "blasiert sprechen"
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"ref": "2011 October 2, Jonathan Jurejko, “Bolton 1–5 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport",
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"word": "უნარი"
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"code": "ka",
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"word": "ხერხი"
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"word": "გაწაფულობა"
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"word": "ცოდნა"
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"word": "ügyesség"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
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"sense": "a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity",
"word": "才覚"
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"feminine"
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"tags": [
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"code": "de",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "a petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack",
"word": "csecsebecse"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
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"word": "mütyürke"
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"code": "de",
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"code": "de",
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"word": "fortély"
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"ref": "1674, Joseph Hall, Bishop Hall's sayings concerning travellers to prevent popish and debauch'd principles, William Miller",
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"word": "тряскам"
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"word": "blasiert sprechen"
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