knag

• knage
• knagge
• knagg

• Rhymes: -æɡ

From Middle English knagge. Cognate with German Low German Knagge, Danish knage, Swedish knagg. Related to knarr and knur.

knag (plural knags)

1. A short spur or stiff projection from the trunk or branch of a tree, such as the stunted dead branch of a fir
2. A peg or hook for hanging something on
3. (obsolete) One of the points of a stag's horn or a tine
4. A knot in a piece of wood or the base of a branch
5. A pointed rock or crag
6. (Scotland) A small cask or barrel; a keg or noggin
7. (Scotland, obsolete) The woodpecker

From Middle English knaggen, from the noun (see above).

knag (third-person singular simple present knags, present participle knagging, simple past and past participle knagged)

1. To hang something on a peg
2. (video games, slang) To kill (a player character) who ganked you

• gank, kang

• Rhymes: -aːˀ

knag n (singular definite knaget, plural indefinite knag)

1. creak

• (rare) knagen

knag c (singular definite knagen, plural indefinite knage)

1. dab, dab hand

knag

1. imperative of knage