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    knick·knack
    /ˈnikˌnak/

    noun

    • 1. a small worthless object, especially a household ornament: "the room was filled with tables, knickknacks, and a large three-piece suite"

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  3. a small, decorative object, especially in a house: The shelves were covered with ornaments and useless knick-knacks. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. decorations or a decoration. decoration It's time to put away the Christmas decorations. ornamentation The artifacts included a gold bracelet with beaded ornamentation.

  4. A knickknack is a small trivial article usually intended for ornament, such as a bauble, a trinket, or a tchotchke. Learn more about the word history, synonyms, examples, and related articles of knickknack.

  5. a small, decorative object, especially in a house: The shelves were covered with ornaments and useless knick-knacks. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. decorations or a decoration. decoration It's time to put away the Christmas decorations. ornamentation The artifacts included a gold bracelet with beaded ornamentation.

  6. A knickknack is any keepsake, trinket, ornament, figure, or display piece that you own just to display it. Knickknacks can include small statues or figures, novelty candles or cups, and small toys. They can also include plastic figures based on pop culture, fidget devices such as cubes and spinners, stress balls, paperweights, and display boxes.

  7. A knickknack is a small, decorative object, especially in a house. Learn how to pronounce it and see examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and Wikipedia.

  8. Anything that decorates or clutters the shelves of someone's home, especially if it's basically worthless, is a knickknack. The word knickknack was originally a 16th century version of "dirty trick," from knack, and its now-obsolete meaning "deception or trick." Don’t freak out if it’s spelled knick-knack because that’s ok too.

  9. Definition of knick-knack noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.