to knap

Examples

• All

• It had been a long time since Cowan had practiced knapping flint, and he had lost the knack.

  Academic text (2008)

• And I can show you the signs of flint knapping—what the stone chips look like.

  Fiction book (1993)

• In the desert, it knaps itself round.

  Academic text (1998)

• You can knap both their heads together with one hand, Cousin Giulio?

  The Bride Wore Red (1937)

• "If you were transported back in time, you'd have to learn a new language, you'd have to learn how to knap flint and maybe hunt mammoth, but you and those people are the same," he says.

  Academic text (2007)

• The text certainly implies that bonobos can indeed learn complex tasks from observation and trial and error (such as knapping flint), communicate simple ideas to each other and to humans, and generally model the world in a way that certainly appears to be fairly sophisticated.

  Blog text (8)

• The instructor demonstrated how to knap stones into arrowheads during the workshop.

• Ancient artisans often traveled to find the right type of rock to knap into useful shapes.

Synonyms

C

to chip

vsto knap

104 2.3

To break off a small piece of an object

is a skilled striking method to shape stone into tools or weapons

C

to chisel

vsto knap

19 5.1

To shape wood or stone using a flat metal blade

uses direct striking to break or shape stone by making flakes

F

to flinter

vsto knap

• Archaic

9.9

To break hard stones into sharp flakes for making tools

is a broader striking technique to shape or break stone for tools or weapons

How Skilled

to sculpt

57 4.3

to knap

• Specialized

1 9.9

to chip

104 2.3

to bash

• NSFW

73 2.9

Surface Forms

Etymology