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knapp

Pronunciation: /ˈknap/

“knapp” is a Swedish word. Its 7 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. scarce, not much of something
  2. somewhat less than

noun

  1. a button (fastener for clothes)
  2. a button (meant to be pressed)
  3. a button
  4. a switch (in the form of a button, or sometimes more generally by informal extension, especially for light switches)
  5. an anther

Etymology

From Middle Low German knap, whence also German knapp, Danish knap. Further cognate with Dutch knap. Compare also Danish næppe (“hardly at all”).

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