Knap v. t. (past & past part. knapped; pres. part. knapping)
1.
To bite; to bite off; to break short. (Obs. or Prov. Eng.) "He will knap the spears apieces with his teeth.""He breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder."
2.
To strike smartly; to rap; to snap. (Chiefly Brit.)
