smack-dab

Variant of smack

smack definition

smack (smak)

noun

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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