5 letter words starting with kn

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  • KNACK
  • KNAGS
  • KNAPS
  • KNARL
  • KNARS
  • KNAUR
  • KNAVE
  • KNAWE
  • KNEAD
  • KNEED
  • KNEEL
  • KNEES
  • KNELL
  • KNELT
  • KNICK
  • KNIFE
  • KNISH
  • KNITS
  • KNIVE
  • KNOBS
  • KNOCK
  • KNOLL
  • KNOOP
  • KNOPS
  • KNOSP
  • KNOTS
  • KNOUD
  • KNOUT
  • KNOWD
  • KNOWE
  • KNOWN
  • KNOWS
  • KNUBS
  • KNULE
  • KNURL
  • KNURR
  • KNURS
  • KNUTS

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Definition of knell

knell (noun)

  1. The sound of a bell knelling; a toll (particularly one signalling a death).
  2. A sign of the end or demise of something or someone.

knell (verb)

  1. To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll.
  2. To signal or proclaim something (especially a death) by ringing a bell.
  3. To summon by, or as if by, ringing a bell.

Definition of knock

knock (noun)

  1. Sudden fatigue as a result of glycogen depletion from not having taken in enough nutrition.

knock (noun)

  1. An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
  2. A sharp impact.
  3. Criticism.
  4. Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition; also, the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.
  5. A batsman's innings.

knock (verb)

  1. To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
  2. To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue.
  3. To kick a ball towards another player; to pass.
  4. To impress forcibly or strongly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.
  5. To bump or impact.
  6. To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.


Definition of knurl

knurl (noun)

  1. A contorted knot in wood.
  2. A crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.
  3. A lined or crossgrained pattern of ridges or indentations rolled or pressed into a part for grip.

knurl (verb)

  1. To roll or press a pattern of ridges or indentations into a part for grip.

Definition of knurr

knurr (noun)

  1. A knurl.
  2. The small wooden ball in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.