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smack
1[smak]
noun
a taste or flavor, especially a slight flavor distinctive or suggestive of something.
The chicken had just a smack of garlic.
Synonyms:a trace, touch, or suggestion of something.
Synonyms:a taste, mouthful, or small quantity.
verb (used without object)
to have a taste, flavor, trace, or suggestion.
Your politeness smacks of condescension.
Synonyms: ,
smack
2[smak]
verb (used with object)
to strike sharply, especially with the open hand or a flat object.
to drive or send with a sharp, resounding blow or stroke.
to smack a ball over a fence.
to close and open (the lips) smartly so as to produce a sharp sound, often as a sign of relish, as in eating.
to kiss with or as with a loud sound.
verb (used without object)
to smack the lips.
to collide, come together, or strike something forcibly.
to make a sharp sound as of striking against something.
noun
a sharp, resounding blow, especially with something flat.
a smacking of the lips, as in relish or anticipation.
a resounding or loud kiss.
adverb
verb phrase
SlangÌýto humble (an arrogant person); rebuke or criticize severely.
smack
3[smak]
noun
Eastern U.S.Ìýa fishing vessel, especially one having a well for keeping the catch alive.
British.Ìýany of various small, fully decked, fore-and-aft-rigged vessels used for trawling or coastal trading.
smack
4[smak]
noun
smack
1/ ²õ³¾Ã¦°ì /
verb
(tr) to strike or slap smartly, with or as if with the open hand
to strike or send forcibly or loudly or to be struck or sent forcibly or loudly
to open and close (the lips) loudly, esp to show pleasure
(tr) to kiss noisily
noun
a sharp resounding slap or blow with something flat, or the sound of such a blow
a loud kiss
a sharp sound made by the lips, as in enjoyment
informalÌýto attempt
informalÌýa snub or setback
adverb
directly; squarely
with a smack; sharply and unexpectedly
smack
2/ ²õ³¾Ã¦°ì /
noun
a smell or flavour that is distinctive though faint
a distinctive trace or touch
the smack of corruption
a small quantity, esp a mouthful or taste
verb
to have the characteristic smell or flavour (of something)
to smack of the sea
to have an element suggestive (of something)
his speeches smacked of bigotry
smack
3/ ²õ³¾Ã¦°ì /
noun
a sailing vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in coasting and fishing along the British coast
a fishing vessel equipped with a well for keeping the catch alive
smack
4/ ²õ³¾Ã¦°ì /
noun
a slang word for heroin
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of smack1
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of smack1
Origin of smack2
Origin of smack3
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Example Sentences
It was possible, he said, that his hearing problems stemmed from one of the times his father smacked him in the head.
“It’s time to end the smack talk, end the conjecture and settle this — man to boy.â€
"To be fair, that day, you probably could have smacked me in the face and I would not have even noticed because we were absorbed in ourselves having had that news."
But he acknowledged that he had to go through those contracts to eliminate provisions he thought smacked of “wasteful DEI and climate requirements.â€
But for the genre’s devotees, the bans smack of classicism.
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