knall

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• Rhymes: -al

knall

1. singular imperative of knallen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of knallen

Borrowed from Danish knald.

• IPA^(key): /kʰnalː/
• Rhymes: -alː

knall n (genitive singular knalls, nominative plural knöll)

1. Christmas cracker

From the verb knalle; compare with German Knall.

knall n (definite singular knallet, indefinite plural knall, definite plural knalla or knallene)

1. bang, crack, detonation, explosion

• knall og fall

knall!

1. great! super!

• knall-

• “knall” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From German Knall.

knall n (definite singular knallet, indefinite plural knall, definite plural knalla)

1. bang, crack, detonation, explosion

• knallblå
• knall og fall
• knalloransje

knall!

1. great! super!

• “knall” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from German Knall.

knall c

1. a short, sharp bang, like a report
2. (colloquial, especially in sports) a sensation

• dö knall och fall (“die suddenly and unexpectedly”)
• knallpulver (“percussive explosive”)
• knallpulverpistol (“cap gun”)

• knalla

• pang (“bang”)

Perhaps a clipping of knallfull.

knall (not comparable)

1. (only used predicatively) drunk (intoxicated)

• knall in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• knall in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• knall in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)