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Meaning of knap it | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

Synonym of catch it (“to be severely reprimanded, punished, or beaten”).

obsolete, slang

Examples

“KNAP […] Also, a blow or correction, as "you'll knap it," for some misdeed.”
“Some of these times you'll knap it nastily; it isn't every one as falls in love with half a Bullock at the least, and all the tallow in the face.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

knapped knapped it knappest knappeth knapping knapping it

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