Smack

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English

Noun

Smack (plural Smacks)
  1. A distinct flavour.
  2. A slight trace of something; a smattering.
  3. (slang) heroin.

Verb

Smack (third-person singular simple present Smacks, present participle Smacking, simple past and past participle Smacked)

  1. To indicate or suggest something.
    Her reckless behavior smacks of pride.

Derived terms

Noun

Smack (plural Smacks)
  1. A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.

Noun

Smack (plural Smacks)
  1. A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.
  2. A loud kiss.

Verb

Smack (third-person singular simple present Smacks, present participle Smacking, simple past and past participle Smacked)

  1. To slap someone, or to make a smacking sound.
  2. To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, in expectation of a treat.
    • 1763, Robert Lloyd, “A Familiar Epistle” in St. James Magazine:
      But when, obedient to the mode / Of panegyric, courtly ode / The bard bestrides, his annual hack, / In vain I taste, and sip and smack, / I find no flavour of the Sack.

Adverb

Smack (not comparable)

  1. As if with a smack or slap
    Right smack bang in the middle.

Derived terms

Adjectives for Smack

emphatic; hearty; clamorous; affectionate; loud; stunning.

Thesaurus

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Pronunciation

  • IPA: /smæk/
  • Rhymes: -æk

Etymology 1

From Old English smæċ (“taste, smatch”), from Proto-Indo-European *smak (“to taste”); compare German schmecken (“to taste”). Akin to Old English smeccan (“to taste, smack”). More at smatch

Etymology 2

From Low German smack, Dutch smak

Etymology 3

From or akin to Dutch, smakken "to fling down", Low German smacken "to strike, throw," regional German schmacken (compare Swedish smak "slap", Middle Low German smacken, Frisian smakke).

Translations

Noun

Translations

Noun

sharp blow

Verb

To slap someone
To widely separate the lips

Anagrams

Swedish

Noun

Smack n.

  1. (in the phrase "inte ett smack") smidgeon, piece, small bit

See also

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