Definitions for nicknack

nicknack nick·nack

Spelling: [nik-nak]
IPA: /ˈnɪkˌnæk/

Nicknack is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 71 anagrams from letters in nicknack (accikknn).

Definitions for nicknack

noun

  1. knickknack.
  2. an ornamental trinket or gimcrack; a bit of bric-a-brac.

Origin of nicknack

1610-20; gradational compound based on knack in obsolete sense “toy”

Examples for nicknack

So nicknack was left to nibble the grass, while the Curlytops wandered on and on.

So the children peered about in the bushes, but not a sign of nicknack could they see.

nicknack was caught in a thick bush by the rope around his horns.

nicknack just let it drip off him, and began to nibble some of the grass that grew on the island.

They went for a ride in the wagon drawn by nicknack, taking Trouble with them.

If you do he'll want to come with us, and we can't make nicknack race.

They took long rides with nicknack, and often Trouble went with them.

It was nicknack's whiskers that had tickled Jan on the back of her neck.

If it had not been for Mr. Sander appearing when he did, poor nicknack might have died.

The two boys hitched nicknack to the wagon, and set off down the island.

Word Value for nicknack
Scrable

20

Words with friends

24

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