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smack

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[ smak ]

noun

  1. a taste or flavor, especially a slight flavor distinctive or suggestive of something:

    The chicken had just a smack of garlic.

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  2. a trace, touch, or suggestion of something.

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  3. a taste, mouthful, or small quantity.


verb (used without object)

  1. to have a taste, flavor, trace, or suggestion:

    Your politeness smacks of condescension.

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smack

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[ smak ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to strike sharply, especially with the open hand or a flat object.
  2. to drive or send with a sharp, resounding blow or stroke:

    to smack a ball over a fence.

  3. to close and open (the lips) smartly so as to produce a sharp sound, often as a sign of relish, as in eating.
  4. to kiss with or as with a loud sound.

verb (used without object)

  1. to smack the lips.
  2. to collide, come together, or strike something forcibly.
  3. to make a sharp sound as of striking against something.

noun

  1. a sharp, resounding blow, especially with something flat.
  2. a smacking of the lips, as in relish or anticipation.
  3. a resounding or loud kiss.

adverb

Informal.
  1. suddenly and violently:

    He rode smack up against the side of the house.

  2. The street runs smack into the center of town.

verb phrase

  1. Slang. to humble (an arrogant person); rebuke or criticize severely.

smack

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[ smak ]

noun

  1. Eastern U.S. a fishing vessel, especially one having a well for keeping the catch alive.
  2. British. any of various small, fully decked, fore-and-aft-rigged vessels used for trawling or coastal trading.

smack

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[ smak ]

noun

Slang.

smack

1

/ ²õ³¾Ã¦°ì /

noun

  1. a smell or flavour that is distinctive though faint
  2. a distinctive trace or touch

    the smack of corruption

  3. a small quantity, esp a mouthful or taste
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verb

  1. to have the characteristic smell or flavour (of something)

    to smack of the sea

  2. to have an element suggestive (of something)

    his speeches smacked of bigotry

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smack

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/ ²õ³¾Ã¦°ì /

verb

  1. tr to strike or slap smartly, with or as if with the open hand
  2. to strike or send forcibly or loudly or to be struck or sent forcibly or loudly
  3. to open and close (the lips) loudly, esp to show pleasure
  4. tr to kiss noisily
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noun

  1. a sharp resounding slap or blow with something flat, or the sound of such a blow
  2. a loud kiss
  3. a sharp sound made by the lips, as in enjoyment
  4. have a smack at informal.
    to attempt
  5. smack in the eye informal.
    a snub or setback
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adverb

  1. directly; squarely
  2. with a smack; sharply and unexpectedly
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smack

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/ ²õ³¾Ã¦°ì /

noun

  1. a slang word for heroin
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smack

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/ ²õ³¾Ã¦°ì /

noun

  1. a sailing vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in coasting and fishing along the British coast
  2. a fishing vessel equipped with a well for keeping the catch alive
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of smack1

First recorded before 1000; (noun) Middle English smacke, Old English ²õ³¾Ã¦³¦; cognate with Middle Low German smak, German Geschmack “tasteâ€; (verb) Middle English smacken “to perceive by taste, have a (specified) taste,†derivative of the noun; compare German schmacken

Origin of smack2

First recorded in 1550–60; imitative; compare Dutch, Low German smakken, German (dialectal) schmacken

Origin of smack3

First recorded in 1605–15, smack is from the Dutch word smak

Origin of smack4

First recorded in 1960–65; probably special use of smack 1; compare earlier slang schmeck with same sense (from Yiddish shmek “sniff, whiffâ€; compare Middle High German smecken ( German schmecken ) “to tasteâ€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of smack1

Old English ²õ³¾Ã¦³¦; related to Old High German smoc, Icelandic smekkr a taste, Dutch smaak

Origin of smack2

C16: from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch smacken, probably of imitative origin

Origin of smack3

C20: perhaps from Yiddish schmeck

Origin of smack4

C17: from Low German smack or Dutch smak, of unknown origin
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Jim Hewitt was taken to hospital covered in blood after he felt a "smack" on the back of his head while walking to the shop.

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“I anticipated driving my car for quite some time, sailing through the tariffs, but now I’m faced smack up against them.â€

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The only thing that smacked of a holiday here was the glorious south-coast weather as British Summer Time arrived - and City had to survive a storm of their own making before securing the win.

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I know I look stupid as I smack a return into the net.

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To many, it will smack of a team in denial about the size of the problem they have with their car.

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