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    knack
    [ noun ]
    a special way of doing something
    <noun.cognition>
    he had a bent for ithe had a special knack for getting into trouble
    he couldn't get the hang of it


    Knack \Knack\ (n[a^]k), v. i. [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. G.
    knacken to break, Dan. knage to crack, and E. knock.]
    1. To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink. [Obs. or
    Prov. Eng.] --Bp. Hall.

    2. To speak affectedly. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.


    Knack \Knack\, n.
    1. A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.

    A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby's cap. --Shak.

    2. A readiness in performance; aptness at doing a specific
    task; skill; aptitude; facility; dexterity; -- often used
    with for; as, a knack for playing the guitar.
    [1913 Webster +PJC]

    The fellow . . . has not the knack with his shears.
    --B. Jonson.

    The dean was famous in his time,
    And had a kind of knack at rhyme. --Swift.

    3. Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and
    dexterity; a trick; a device. ``The knacks of japers.''
    --Chaucer.

    For how should equal colors do the knack ! --Pope.

    1. I had a knack for telling a writer how to make a script work.
    2. A few years ago I began to suspect creativity didn't depend on some inborn ability, but that it arose because one could learn the knack of switching into a mood in which one became more creative.
    3. But whereas there was no one in the German High Command to curb Hitler's strategic lunacy, Zhukov found the knack of swaying Stalin to see military sense. Stalingrad was built in the '20s.
    4. It shows how a knowledgeable entrepreneur, even with limited capital, can start in the business with just a simple idea, a marketing knack and a desktop publishing system.
    5. A bandit with a penchant for robbing banks and a knack for escape is back behind bars because plastic surgery designed to make him look like actor Robert DeNiro failed to fool the feds.
    6. Knutson is a gregarious campaigner with a ready handshake and knack for remembering names, and his Norwegian surname helps in a state where 15 percent of the population has Norwegian ancestry.
    7. This time any tax increase will come "over my dead veto," says George Bush, demonstrating anew his knack for anti-tax phrasemaking.
    8. Her longevity in her job reflects a knack for reviewing groups through the eyes of a teen-ager.
    9. He said sales expanded this year because more students became aware of a video's knack to recapture the feeling of student plays and homecoming football games.
    10. But although Mr. Tsai built his reputation on stock market timing, he didn't have the knack at this recent sale.
    11. Mr. Bolger, who worked under Mr. Olson before the breakup of the Bell system in 1984 and then competed against him, called his former boss a "strong leader" with a knack for establishing solid corporate goals.
    12. Janis mounted major shows of European masters and had the knack of promoting already established artists so well his gallery was known for setting the tone in the art world in the 1950s and '60s.
    13. The president also had a ringside seat for an unusual performance by comic Steve Martin, who performed as "The Great Flydini," a magician with an uncanny knack for pulling things out of the open fly of his pants.
    14. Tim Martin's knack for turning ghostly shops into lively pubs has made him plenty of friends among his shareholders and enemies among established publicans.
    15. Trinity's products are hardly the stuff of quick-buck salesmanship; behind the growth lies a knack for accurate assessment of the needs of its target markets. Typical of these products is the Dart midibus, produced under the Dennis marque.
    16. Whether Tektronix succeeds in bringing color printing into the mainstream of office life, however, also depends on its marketing savvy, a knack Tektronix didn't display much in the 1980s, when its sales stagnated.
    17. He is known among friend and foe for his knack of self-promotion.
    18. For quite a while, however, and possibly owing to his virtues, he couldn't get the knack of winning elections.
    19. Mario Conde has, so far, had a knack for landing on his feet.
    20. "I always had an angle," he says. "I had a knack for getting along with people and for getting by people.
    21. What he brings to the campaign is a genius for manipulation and a knack for knowing what lies beyond the next horizon.
    22. Politicians have an uncanny knack for stepping on their own lines and for speaking when silence would serve them best.
    23. He developed a knack for deal making, acquiring small financial-service businesses and divesting them as profitable concerns.
    24. Buffett, known as much for his folksy wisdom and unpretentious lifestyle as his financial acumen, has combined a patient, value-oriented stock strategy with a knack for finding investment diamonds in the rough.
    25. Even as a passive investor, Dr. Pearce seems to have a knack for picking gold mines.
    26. The lush pastures of Illinois horse country may seem an unlikely setting for a psychic healer with a crystal wand, but some of the horsey set swear by her special knack with their prized thoroughbreds.
    27. (BBC 2 at 11.15). Forty Minutes (BBC 2 at 9.50) has a knack of spotting off-beat stories.
    28. He had the knack of identifying completely with a creative genius of another age, bringing the individual convincingly back to life.
    29. "They have the knack, the desire to entertain.
    30. Non-Portuguese speakers armed with a phrase book, a little Spanish or a knack for gesticulation will find most Paulistas ready to help. Because of the city's size and traffic snarl-ups, it can take considerable time to get between appointments.
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