Knack and Play

Knack

Knack noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

Usage example: she's tried every knack in Cupid's book to get her guy to marry her

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Play and knack are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Play" instead a noun "Knack".

Nearby Words: knacker, knackery

Play noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

Usage example: the guy at the bar made an unusually creative play to get her phone number

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Knack and play are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Knack" instead a noun "Play".

Nearby Words: played, playful, player, playfulness, playing

old	old knack	old play
good	good knack	good play
short	short knack	short play
perfect	perfect knack	perfect play
Other adjectives: obvious, actual, real, constant, great, little, new, major, traditional, final, classic, double, defensive.

While a knack exists to detect your fellow godlings (and gods), there are few means to similarly detect Titanspawn or other creatures of Legend so this can crop up fairly often in play.

Source: Mutual Masquerade
Jinho has a knack for "breaking" games so hard, it becomes impossible to play these games ever again, like he did with "Open, Pass" and "5:5 Game".

Source: Series / The Genius
It isn't clear how much of it Lecter himself believes, but that disturbing knack he has for empathizing with and thinking like the psychopaths he chases is oh-so-much-fun to play with!

Source: Not So Different / Literature

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