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Definition: Knickknack |
KnickknackNoun1. Miscellaneous curios. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "knickknack" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Note: Knickknack \Knick"knack`\, noun. [See Knack.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: KnickknackSynonyms: bric-a-brac (n), knickknackery (n), nicknack (n), whatnot (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amusement | Toy, plaything, bauble; doll; (puppet ); teetotum; knickknack; (trifle); magic lantern; (show); peep show, puppet show, raree show, gallanty show; toy shop; "quips and cranks and wanton wiles, nods and becks and wreathed smiles". |
Unimportance | Toy, plaything, popgun, paper pellet, gimcrack, gewgaw, bauble, trinket, bagatelle, Rickshaw, knickknack, whim-wham, trifle, " trifles light as air "; yankee notions. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Knickknack |
| English words defined with "knickknack": A piece of bric-a-brac. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
knickknack | 311 |
knickknack pixar | 10 |
disney knickknack | 2 |
bobby knickknack mcferrin | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "knickknack"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 小玩意儿 (knickknacks). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | چیزقشنگ وکم بها, خرت وپرت , بازیچه کوچک . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Nippsache. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παιγνιδάκι (toy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ickknackknay безделушка (bagatelle, bauble, bijou, bric-a-brac, doodad, falderal, gadget, gewgaw, kickshaw, knick knack, knick-knack, Nick nack, rattletrap, trinket, whatnot). (various references) เครื่องตบแต่งบ้าน (คำไม่เป็นทางการ). (various references) ufak biblo (nicknack), önemsiz şey (bagatelle, bauble, cypher, iota, makeweight, mickey mouse, molehill, nicknack, no big deal, picayune, rush, small beer, stiver, straw, toy, trifle, tuppence, twopence, unessential, unimportant thing), ıvır zıvır (chaff, crap, dead wood, flotsam, flotsam and jetsam, gadget, gadgetry, gadgety, gewgaw, Gubbins, junk, knick knack, nicknack, odds and ends, rubbish, small potatoes, trifles, trinket, trinkets). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "knickknack": knickknacks. (additional references) | |
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"Knickknack" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: knicknack, nicknacky. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "knickknack" (pronounced ni"kna'k) |
| 3 | -n a' k | almanac. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-i-k-k-k-k-n-n" | |
-2 letters: nicknack. | |
-5 letters: knack. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-i-k-k-k-k-n-n" | |
+1 letter: knickknacks. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4B 6E 69 63 6B 6B 6E 61 63 6B |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.- -. .. -.-. -.- -.- -. .- -.-. -.- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001011 01101110 01101001 01100011 01101011 01101011 01101110 01100001 01100011 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)K n i c k k n a c k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004B 006E 0069 0063 006B 006B 006E 0061 0063 006B |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)45807569777780676977 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, китайский, китаец, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, немецкий, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, alman |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | 希腊语, 希臘語 , grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, греческий, грек, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, русский, ชาวรัสเซีย, Rusça |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | 泰國 , 泰文 , 泰 , 泰語 , 泰国, thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Tayland, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tai Dili |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | 土耳其語 , 土耳其, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, турецкий, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, английский, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
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