"knep" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kneps [plural]
Etymology: A variant of knap (etymology 3). cognates * Danish kneppe (“to snap”) (obsolete) * Dutch knijpen (“to pinch, nip”), knippen (“to clip, snip”) * Norwegian Nynorsk kneppa (“to squeeze or join together”) * Scots knep (“to clench, bind”) Etymology templates: {{cog|da|kneppe|t=to snap}} Danish kneppe (“to snap”), {{qualifier|obsolete}} (obsolete), {{cog|nl|knijpen|t=to pinch, nip}} Dutch knijpen (“to pinch, nip”), {{cog|nn|kneppa|t=to squeeze or join together}} Norwegian Nynorsk kneppa (“to squeeze or join together”), {{cog|sco|knep|t=to clench, bind}} Scots knep (“to clench, bind”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} knep (plural kneps)
  1. (Northern England, in the plural) Synonym of kneppars Tags: Northern-England, in-plural Synonyms: kneppars [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms: kneppars, kneps
    Sense id: en-knep-en-noun-ES5raSUF Categories (other): Northern England English, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 16 16 22 14 23 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: knepp, kneppe, knip, nep, nip

Verb

Forms: kneps [present, singular, third-person], knepping [participle, present], knepped [participle, past], knepped [past]
Etymology: A variant of knap (etymology 3). cognates * Danish kneppe (“to snap”) (obsolete) * Dutch knijpen (“to pinch, nip”), knippen (“to clip, snip”) * Norwegian Nynorsk kneppa (“to squeeze or join together”) * Scots knep (“to clench, bind”) Etymology templates: {{cog|da|kneppe|t=to snap}} Danish kneppe (“to snap”), {{qualifier|obsolete}} (obsolete), {{cog|nl|knijpen|t=to pinch, nip}} Dutch knijpen (“to pinch, nip”), {{cog|nn|kneppa|t=to squeeze or join together}} Norwegian Nynorsk kneppa (“to squeeze or join together”), {{cog|sco|knep|t=to clench, bind}} Scots knep (“to clench, bind”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} knep (third-person singular simple present kneps, present participle knepping, simple past and past participle knepped)
  1. (Northern England) To bite gently, nibble. Tags: Northern-England
    Sense id: en-knep-en-verb-CAFgIqV5 Categories (other): Northern England English, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 16 16 22 14 23 8
  2. (Northern England, of animals) To graze, crop; (of horses) to bite in play. Tags: Northern-England
    Sense id: en-knep-en-verb-SchqDdRh Categories (other): Northern England English, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 16 16 22 14 23 8
  3. (Northern England) To pick or pick off (e.g. flowers, berries, etc.) Tags: Northern-England
    Sense id: en-knep-en-verb-98X8P1J4 Categories (other): Northern England English, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 16 16 22 14 23 8
  4. (Scotland) To clasp the hands; to clench one's fists. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-knep-en-verb-U98V0ewE Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 16 16 15 28 10 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 16 16 22 14 23 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 19 7 6 6 6 12 5 0 1 20 8 8 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 8 7 6 6 14 6 0 1 17 9 9 1
  5. (Scotland) To tie or bundle something tightly and securely. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-knep-en-verb-bWA2TFDB Categories (other): Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: knepp, kneppe, knip, nep, nip

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.