smack
smack (smak)
noun
- a distinctive taste or flavor, esp. one that is faint or slight
- a small amount; bit
- a touch, trace, or suggestion
Etymology: ME smac < OE smæc, akin to Ger (ge)schmack < IE base *smeg(h)-, to taste > Lith smaguriaúti, to nibble
intransitive verb
to have a smack (of) diction that smacks of the stage
smack (smak)
noun
- a sharp noise made by pressing the lips together and parting them suddenly, as in showing enjoyment of a taste
- a loud kiss
- a sharp blow with the hand or any flat object; slap
- the sound of such a blow
Etymology: < ? or akin to MDu smack, LowG smacke, of echoic orig.
transitive verb
- to press (the lips) together and part them suddenly so as to make a smack
- to kiss loudly
- to slap loudly
intransitive verb
to make a loud, sharp noise, as on impact
adverb
- with or as with a smack; violently; sharply
- directly; precisely; squarely
smack down
Slang☆ to humble or reprimand (someone who is overstepping bounds)
smack (smak)
noun
- a small sailboat, usually rigged as a sloop
- a fishing boat with a well for keeping fish alive
Etymology: prob. < Du smak (> Dan smakke, Sp zumaca) < smacken, to slap, smack: from the flapping sail
smack (smak)
noun
Slang heroin
Etymology: < ?
smack
n.
smack
v.
Preposition: of
- desperation: MAG Director of Public Affairs Trevor Baird said, " The reasoning behind the threat smacks of desperation.
- hypocrisy: But the cultural embargo on all things progressive increasingly smacks of hypocrisy.
- arrogance: Many will disagree with this assessment, thinking it smacks of western arrogance.
- correctness: They say the authority is obsessed with hitting targets and that the move smacks of political correctness.
- attempt: It all smacks of another desperate attempt to have a dig at Chelsea.
Object
- gob: I was gob smacked to find a spam message in my guest book.
- ass: Anthony, with a face like a smacked ass.
- bang: The garden of No 10 is a delightful oasis smack bang in the center of town.
- ball: Chris parried the ball to Tom Kent who duly smacked the ball down the wing to Aidan Gregory to set up a counter attack.
- shot: There were further opportunities: Trundle shaved a post and Connor smacked a shot against the woodwork.
- bottom: Despite its comic book stylings, anybody expecting an easy ride from the game will come away with a smacked bottom.
Followed by a transitive particle
- off: The ball, however, smacked off the left upright and was hacked clear.
Modifying Another Word
- all: The sharp suits, perfect shoes, spiffy watch, it all smacks of the well dressed " C " Level look.
- rather: Such thinking rather smacks of the historical determinism that Third Way thinkers associate with the 'old left ' and claim to have moved beyond.
- much: It smacked too much of communism, of some kind of social, liberal gospel.
- just: Really, I'd rather just smack my head into a tree than watch somebody paint a house.
Preposition: in
- mouth: Because knowing this fact may earn him a smack in the mouth?
- middle: That is, until she finds herself smack in the middle of an impromptu rescue attempt by a man she had thought long dead.
- face: But like all smacks in the face you don't want them to keep on happening.
- break: Swansea's Mark Tucker thumped Wrexham's Gareth Coppack 3-1 in their quarter, smacking in breaks of 46, 51 and 56.
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