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galley, Brit caboose: He was in the kitchen getting dinner
ready.
kittenish adj. coy, seductive, flirtatious, coquettish, sportive,
playful: Barbara tends to get a bit kittenish when she's with
men.
kitty n. pot, pool, collection: Has he contributed anything to the
kitty?
11.3 knack...
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knack n. genius, intuition, talent, gift, talent, facility, skill,
aptitude, bent; ability, flair, dexterity, capacity, adroitness,
proficiency, skilfulness: He has an uncanny knack for saying
the wrong thing. When it comes to gourmet cooking, Peggy
certainly has the knack.
knife n. 1 blade: This knife couldn't cut through warm butter.
--v. 2 stab, pierce, slash, cut, wound: There was a struggle,
and one youth was knifed in the chest.
knit v. 1 join or fasten or weave (together), interweave, interlace,
interconnect, intertwine, link, bind, unite, tie (up or
together), consolidate, combine, compact: He was the first king
to succeed in knitting together the diverse elements of the
empire. 2 grow (together), heal, mend, join: The broken bones
will knit in about a month. 3 furrow, contract, wrinkle, knot,
crease: He knit his brow and sighed.
knob n. boss, stud, protuberance, projection, protrusion, handle:
Turn the knob, then pull the drawer open.
knock v. 1 strike, hit, rap, thwack, whack, thump, bang, tap: Knock
on the door. He knocked the man on the head with his
walking-stick. 2 Colloq criticize, deprecate, carp or cavil at,
disparage, put down, run down: Don't knock something till
you've tried it. 3 knock about or around. a wander, roam,
ramble, rove, travel, gad about: She's going to knock about the
world for a bit before settling down. b associate with, consort