One stout muscly man in furs with a club in the foreground gingerly feels the red glowing bump developing on his forehead while a thinner slighter man in a loincloth waving his club gesticulates in the background.
The Scottish Word:

Knap.

Onie mair o yer snash an I’ll gie ye anither knap or twa or three tae mind ye yer manners.

Translate:

knap: A lump, bump, any rounded knob; a knot or protuberance; to knock, strike sharply, rap.

Any more of your cheek and I’ll give you another lump or two or three to remind you of your manners.

nap
The Scottish Word: knap with its definition and its meaning illustrated and captioned with the word used in context in the Scots language and in English.

(This is a Scotstober 2024 Word.)

All of the Scotstober words illustrated for week four are available to scroll through on a single page here.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.