knag
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -æɡ
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English knagge. Cognate with German Low German Knagge, Danish knage, Swedish knagg. Related to knarr and knur.
Noun edit
knag (plural knags)
- A short spur or stiff projection from the trunk or branch of a tree, such as the stunted dead branch of a fir
- A peg or hook for hanging something on
- (obsolete) One of the points of a stag's horn or a tine
- A knot in a piece of wood or the base of a branch
- A pointed rock or crag
- (Scotland) A small cask or barrel; a keg or noggin
- (Scotland, obsolete) The woodpecker
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English knaggen, from the noun (see above).
Verb edit
knag (third-person singular simple present knags, present participle knagging, simple past and past participle knagged)
- To hang something on a peg
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -aːˀ
Noun edit
knag n (singular definite knaget, plural indefinite knag)
Inflection edit
Declension of knag
Synonyms edit
- (rare) knagen
Noun edit
knag c (singular definite knagen, plural indefinite knage)
Inflection edit
Declension of knag
Verb edit
knag
- imperative of knage