knap

noun

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\ ˈnap

Definition of knap

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 chiefly dialectal : a crest of a hill : summit

2 chiefly dialectal : a small hill

knap

verb

knapped; knapping

Definition of knap (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

1 : to break with a quick blow especially : to shape (something, such as flints) by breaking off pieces

2 dialectal British : rap entry 2 sense 1

3 dialectal British : snap, crop

4 dialectal British : chatter

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Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Knowing how to make a friction fire, or how to whittle a paddle out of a log, or how to knap stone arrowheads all have their place in a survival situation (particularly fire making). — Jim Baird, Field & Stream, 3 Aug. 2020 There was the first time someone knapped and hafted a rock onto a spear shaft, and the first time someone strung up a bow. — Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2020 His hair was unruly and his large, blunt fingers were usually fishing for a cigarette, except when preoccupied with his favourite hobby: knapping prehistoric flint tools. — 1843, 20 Feb. 2020 Shaggy Briton woodsmen in the vast pre-Roman forests of Cumbria, gripping their sacred Langdale axes, with glimmering heads knapped from the rare volcanic greenstone mined from the Pike of Stickle. — Jonny Diamond, Longreads, 8 June 2019

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