knap
/næp/
verb
- To break or chip (a stone, especially flint) by striking it, often to make a tool or weapon.
- He spent the afternoon trying to knap a piece of chert into a spear point.
- The archaeologist showed us how to knap flint into arrowheads.
- In the workshop, they learned to knap obsidian to create sharp blades.
- To strike or hit sharply; to snap or break off.
- The blacksmith knapped the hot metal with a hammer to shape it.
- The branch knapped against the window in the strong wind.
- She knapped the icicle off the edge of the roof with a broom.
noun
- A sharp blow or snap; the sound of something breaking or being struck.
- We heard a loud knap as the tree branch finally broke.
- With a quick knap, the flint split into two pieces.
- The knap of the hammer on stone echoed through the valley.
- A small hill or mound; a knoll.
- From the knap, you could see the river winding through the valley.
- They climbed to the top of the grassy knap to see the view.
- The old oak tree stood alone on the knap in the meadow.