SMACK

bang, slap, slapdash, smack, bolt

(adverb) directly; “he ran bang into the pole”; “ran slap into her”

smack, smacking, slap

(noun) the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

smack, smooch

(noun) an enthusiastic kiss

smack

(noun) a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast

relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip, tang

(noun) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

slap, smack

(noun) a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)

smack

(verb) press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating

smack, thwack

(verb) deliver a hard blow to; “The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved”

smack, peck

(verb) kiss lightly

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

smack (countable and uncountable, plural smacks)

A distinct flavor, especially if slight.

A slight trace of something; a smattering.

(slang, uncountable) Heroin.

Verb

smack (third-person singular simple present smacks, present participle smacking, simple past and past participle smacked)

(transitive) To get the flavor of.

(intransitive) To indicate or suggest something; used with of.

(intransitive) To have a particular taste; used with of.

Etymology 2

Noun

smack (plural smacks)

A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack

A group of jellyfish.

Etymology 3

Noun

smack (plural smacks)

A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.

The sound of a loud kiss.

A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.

Verb

smack (third-person singular simple present smacks, present participle smacking, simple past and past participle smacked)

To slap someone.

To make a smacking sound.

(New Zealand) To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (US spank)

To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat.

To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate.

Adverb

smack (not comparable)

As if with a smack or slap; smartly; sharply.

Anagrams

• macks

Source: Wiktionary

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Smack, n. Etym: [D. smak; akin to LG. smack, smak, Dan. smakke, G. schmacke, F. semaque.] (Naut.)

Definition: A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.

Smack, n. Etym: [OE. smak, AS. ssm taste, savor; akin to D. smaak, G. geschmack, OHG. smac; cf. Lith. smagus pleasant. Cf. Smack, v. i.]

1. Taste or flavor, esp. a slight taste or flavor; savor; tincture; as, a smack of bitter in the medicine. Also used figuratively. So quickly they have taken a smack in covetousness. Robynson (More's Utopia). They felt the smack of this world. Latimer.

2. A small quantity; a taste. Dryden.

3. A loud kiss; a buss. "A clamorous smack." Shak.

4. A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.

5. A quick, smart blow; a slap. Johnson.

Smack, adv.

Definition: As if with a smack or slap. [Colloq.]

Smack, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Smacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Smacking.] Etym: [OE. smaken to taste, have a taste, -- from the noun; cf. AS. smecan taste; akin to D. smaken, G. schmecken, OHG. smechen to taste, smachschmatzen to smack the lips, to kiss with a sharp noise, MHG. smatzen, smackzeen), Icel smakka to taste, Sw. smaka, Dan. smage. See 2d Smack, n.]

1. To have a smack; to be tinctured with any particular taste.

2. To have or exhibit indications of the presence of any character or quality. All sects, all ages, smack of this vice. Shak.

3. To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate; to kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.

4. To make a noise by the separation of the lips after tasting anything.

Smack, v. t.

1. To kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.

2. To open, as the lips, with an inarticulate sound made by a quick compression and separation of the parts of the mouth; to make a noise with, as the lips, by separating them in the act of kissing or after tasting. Drinking off the cup, and smacking his lips with an air of ineffable relish. Sir W. Scott.

3. To make a sharp noise by striking; to crack; as, to smack a whip. "She smacks the silken thong." Young.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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