What is the meaning of Knap?

1. To break (something) into small pieces with a cracking sound; to fragment, to smash; also, to break (something) apart sharply; to snap.
   2. To break away flakes from (a brittle material which fractures conchoidally (“with planar concentric curves”), usually a mineral such as chert, flint, or obsidian), often to form a tool with a sharp edge or point.

      To break (something) into small pieces with a cracking sound; to fragment, to smash; also, to break (something) apart sharply; to snap.

      2. To break away flakes from (a brittle material which fractures conchoidally (“with planar concentric curves”), usually a mineral such as chert, flint, or obsidian), often to form a tool with a sharp edge or point.

         To break away flakes from (a brittle material which fractures conchoidally (“with planar concentric curves”), usually a mineral such as chert, flint, or obsidian), often to form a tool with a sharp edge or point.

         To strike (something) sharply; to knock, to rap.

         Followed by off: to break (something) away from another thing by striking or tapping sharply.

         To say (something) crisply or sharply.

         1. To break or fracture suddenly; to snap.
         2. To make a cracking or snapping sound; to crack, to snap.
         3. To strike sharply.
         4. 1. To speak crisply or sharply.
            2. To cheat while gambling, especially at a dice game.

         To break or fracture suddenly; to snap.

         To make a cracking or snapping sound; to crack, to snap.

         To strike sharply.

         1. To speak crisply or sharply.
         2. To cheat while gambling, especially at a dice game.

         To speak crisply or sharply.

         To cheat while gambling, especially at a dice game.

         1. A sudden, sharp blow, knock, or slap; a rap, a whack.
         2. The sound made by such a blow, knock, or slap.
         3. Synonym of chattering damsel (“a component of a traditional mill which creates a vibratory motion to impel portions of grain toward the millstone; a clapper”)

         A sudden, sharp blow, knock, or slap; a rap, a whack.

         The sound made by such a blow, knock, or slap.

         Synonym of chattering damsel (“a component of a traditional mill which creates a vibratory motion to impel portions of grain toward the millstone; a clapper”)

         A method of cheating at a dice game.

         A piece of raised ground or a short, steep slope; a small hill; a hillock, a knoll.

         The crest or top of a hill.

         To take a small, quick bite at or of (someone or something); to nibble, to nip, to snap.

         To take a small, quick bite.

         Obsolete spelling of nap (“to arrest (someone); to grab or nab (someone or something); to steal (something); (obsolete) to receive (severe punishment), especially during a boxing match or a flogging; (generally) to receive (something)”).

         scant, scarce

         brief, concise

         hardly, scarcely

         just under

         barely

         button (in clothes etc.)

         button (in machines)

         attractive, handsome, pretty

         impressive, decent, rather good or big

         smart, intelligent, gifted, clever

         lissom, agile, brisk, fresh

         tight-fitting, shapely

         tight (of a budget), scarce

         quite, rather, pretty (reinforces what follows)

         inflection of knappen:

         1. first-person singular present indicative
         2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
         3. imperative

         first-person singular present indicative

         (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative

         imperative

         narrowly, just, barely, merely

         Alternative form of knappe (“knob”)

         Alternative form of knappe (“strike”)

         tight

         tightly, barely

         cleat

         Source: wiktionary.org