knap

IPA: nˈæp

(transitive) 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.
(transitive) To rap or strike sharply.
(obsolete, UK, dialect) To bite; to bite off; to break short.
To make a sound of snapping.

Examples of "knap" in Sentences

Possibly influenced by nape and knap.
One of the moves that we learned was called “the knap”.
Halp Halp-tuk a lil knap an waked up to annorified kittehs!
The height of the very neatly knapped flints varies between .
The verb is often used as a synonym of the more specific word knap.
I'm sure they are, I secretly packed them all 5 pounds of meat in their knap-sack.
June 27, 2008 at 12:54 pm adn wii dint haf caturdai & sumdai 2 wrest evear nao ima teakinna knap…
Where I hunt there are briars galore and I need a material that has a low knap so it doesn't snag.
So glad that one of Gerard Butlers movies was on the list. kate knap, on December 31st, 2009 at 8: 31 pm Said:
A Knapper may have lived on a "knap," or may have been one of the Suffolk flint-knappers, who still prepare gun-flints for weapons to be retailed to the heathen.
And, yes, the documentary, narrated by Linda Hunt and consisting of some remarkable photographs and early wax recordings, did say that Ishi taught his new hosts how to "knap" brittle rocks into arrowheads and spear points.
The lead salesman, a greasy joker named Chick, would have Benny wear a long-sleeved carpet coat—low knap for summer, shag for winter—and then use a device on him that was supposed to simulate the full-strength bite of an adult male zom.