Other forms: knick-knacks
A knick-knack is a small decorative object of no great use. A shelf of knick-knacks.
The word is a reduplication, like bric-a-brac, and is mildly affectionate. A knick-knack is what somebody buys on holiday and cannot throw away afterwards.
1nounknick-knackA small decorative object of no great use.
“The mantelpiece held nine knick-knacks and one clock.”
knick-knack is an object.
a reduplication of knack.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in Antiques & Collecting