SMACKING
smack, smacking, slap
(noun) the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
smacking
present participle of smack
Noun
smacking (plural smackings)
A series of smacks; the act by which somebody is smacked.
children who received regular smackings
Source: Wiktionary
Smack"ing, n.
Definition: A sharp, quick noise; a smack.
Like the faint smacking of an after kiss. Dryden.
Smack"ing, a.
Definition: Making a sharp, brisk sound; hence, brisk; as, a smacking
breeze.
SMACK
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