knap

Meanings

Verb

• To shape a brittle material having conchoidal fracture, usually a mineral (flint, obsidian, chert etc.), by breaking away flakes, often forming a sharp edge or point.
• To rap or strike sharply.
• To bite; to bite off; to break short.
• To make a sound of snapping.

Noun

• A sharp blow or slap.
• A protuberance; a swelling; a knob.
• The crest of a hill
• A small hill

Related

Similar words

• chip

Origin

• From Middle English knappen (verb) and knappe (noun), an onomatopoeia.
• From Middle English knappe, from Old English cnæp, akin to cnotta.