6 definitions found for Knickknack

knickknack n 1: a small inexpensive mass-produced article [syn: knickknack, novelty] 2: miscellaneous curios [syn: bric-a-brac, knickknack, nicknack, knickknackery, whatnot]

knickknack also nicknack noun Etymology: reduplication of knack Date: 1682 a small trivial article usually intended for ornament

knick-knack
n.
1 a useless and usu. worthless ornament; a trinket.
2 a small, dainty article of furniture, dress, etc.
Derivatives:
knick-knackery n. knick-knackish adj.
Etymology: redupl. of knack in obs. sense 'trinket'

Knickknack Knick"knack`, n. [See Knack.] A trifle or toy; a bawble; a gewgaw.

knick-knack n. Toy, trifle, plaything, gimcrack, gewgaw, bawble, knack, jiggumbob (comic).

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