- knickknack
knick-knack
1> безделушка, изящный пустячок
2> антикварная вещица
Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
knickknack
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Knickknack — Knick knack , n. [See {Knack}.] A trifle or toy; a bawble; a gewgaw; a tchotchke. [1913 Webster +PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
knickknack — [n] trinket; decorative piece bagatelle, bauble, bibelot, bric a brac, conversation piece, curio, curiosity, device, embellishment, flummery, frill, furbelow, gadget*, miniature, notion, novelty, objet d’art, ornament, plaything*, showpiece,… … New thesaurus
knickknack — [nik′nak΄] n. [redupl. of KNACK] a small ornamental article or contrivance; gimcrack; trinket … English World dictionary
Knickknack (comics) — Superherobox| caption= comic color=background:#ff8080 character name=Knickknack real name=Nicholas Grossman species= publisher=Marvel Comics debut= Captain America #317 (May 1986) creators=Mark Gruenwald and Paul Neary alliance… … Wikipedia
knickknack — also nicknack noun Etymology: reduplication of knack Date: 1682 a small trivial article usually intended for ornament … New Collegiate Dictionary
knickknack — knickknacked, adj. knickknacky, adj. /nik nak /, n. an ornamental trinket or gimcrack; a bit of bric a brac. Also, nicknack. [1610 20; gradational compound based on KNACK in obs. sense toy ] * * * … Universalium
knickknack — Synonyms and related words: a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, agate, bagatelle, ball, baseball bat, bat, battledore, bauble, bean, bibelot, bit, blocks, brass farthing, bric a brac, button, cent, checkerboard, chessboard, club,… … Moby Thesaurus
knickknack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bric a brac, trifle, trinket, gewgaw. See ornament, unimportance. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. ornament, curio, gewgaw, gimcrack, objet d art (French), conversation piece, bric a brac, curiosity, bibelot,… … English dictionary for students
knickknack — knick|knack [ nık,næk ] noun count a small inexpensive object used as a decoration: a collection of knick knacks … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
knickknack — n. decorative object, ornament … English contemporary dictionary
knickknack — noun it s no fun dusting all her knickknacks Syn: trinket, novelty, gewgaw, bibelot, ornament, trifle, bauble, gimcrack, curio, tchotchke; memento, souvenir, kickshaw; archaic gaud … Thesaurus of popular words
