knikker — meaning in English

English meaning

• bean noun The edible seed of various pod-bearing plants, or the pod itself, eaten as a vegetable.
• marble noun A hard, crystalline rock, often streaked with color, prized for sculpture and building.

Senses

knikker is used for these senses in English:

• bean (slang) The head or brain.
• marble (countable, games) A small ball used in games, originally of marble but now usually of glass or ceramic. [from 17th c.]

bean — full definition

1. noun The edible seed of various pod-bearing plants, or the pod itself, eaten as a vegetable.
2. verb Informally, to hit someone with a thrown object, especially on the head.

marble — full definition

1. noun A hard, crystalline rock, often streaked with color, prized for sculpture and building.
2. noun A small, usually glass, ball used in children's games.
3. noun The streaks of fat running through a cut of meat.
4. verb To give something a streaked, swirled pattern like that of marble.
5. adjective Made of, or resembling, marble; by extension, cold and unfeeling.

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