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To smack is to hit.

(verb)

An example of to smack is hit someone on the back with your hand.

Smack is defined as a hit with a hand or another flat object.

(noun)

An example of a smack is hitting someone on the bottom.

The definition of a smack is a small amount.

(noun)

An example of a smack is a hint of cinnamon in a soup.

Smack means the sound made by lips in kissing or enjoying food.

(noun)

An example of a smack is a loud kiss.
An example of a smack is the sound made when tasting food.

Smack is slang for heroin.

(noun)

An example of smack is what you’d ask for when buying heroin on the street.

See smack in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a distinctive taste or flavor, esp. one that is faint or slight
1. a small amount; bit
2. a touch, trace, or suggestion

Origin: 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

noun

a sharp noise made by pressing the lips together and parting them suddenly, as in showing enjoyment of a taste
a loud kiss
1. a sharp blow with the hand or any flat object; slap
2. the sound of such a blow

Origin: < ? 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
also Informalsmack-dab

noun

a small sailboat, usually rigged as a sloop
a fishing boat with a well for keeping fish alive

Origin: prob. < Du smak (> Dan smakke, Sp zumaca) < smacken, to slap, smack: from the flapping sail

noun

Slang heroin

Origin: < ?

See smack in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb smacked, smack·ing, smacks

verb, transitive

To press together and open (the lips) quickly and noisily, as in eating or tasting.
To kiss noisily.
To strike sharply and with a loud noise.

verb, intransitive

To make or give a smack.
To collide sharply and noisily: The ball smacked against the side of the house.

noun

The loud sharp sound of smacking.
A noisy kiss.
A sharp blow or slap.

adverb

With a smack: fell smack on her head.
Directly: “We were smack in the middle of another controversy about a public man's personal life” (Ellen Goodman).

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps of Middle Flemish origin

Origin: , or perhaps of imitative origin

noun

a. A distinctive flavor or taste.
b. A suggestion or trace.
A small amount; a smattering.

intransitive verb smacked, smack·ing, smacks

To have a distinctive flavor or taste. Used with of.
To give an indication; be suggestive. Often used with of: “an agenda that does not smack of compromise” (Time).

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English smǽc

noun

A fishing boat sailing under various rigs, according to size, and often having a well used to transport the catch to market.

Origin:

Origin: Dutch

Origin: or Low German smak

Origin: , from smakken, to fling, dash

noun
Slang

Heroin.

Origin: