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smack

 

  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Smack  \Smack\,  adv 
  As  if  with  a  smack  or  slap.  [Colloq.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Smack  \Smack\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Smacked};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Smacking}.]  [OE.  smaken  to  taste,  have  a  taste,  --  from  the 
  noun  cf  AS  smecan  taste;  akin  to  D.  smaken,  G.  schmecken, 
  OHG.  smechen  to  taste,  smach?n  to  have  a  taste  (and,  derived 
  from  the  same  source,  G.  schmatzen  to  smack  the  lips,  to  kiss 
  with  a  sharp  noise,  MHG.  smatzen  smackzeen),  Icel  smakka  to 
  taste,  Sw  smaka  Dan.  smage.  See  2d  {Smack},  n.] 
  1.  To  have  a  smack;  to  be  tinctured  with  any  particular 
  taste. 
 
  2.  To  have  or  exhibit  indications  of  the  presence  of  any 
  character  or  quality. 
 
  All  sects,  all  ages,  smack  of  this  vice.  --Shak. 
 
  3.  To  kiss  with  a  close  compression  of  the  lips,  so  as  to 
  make  a  sound  when  they  separate;  to  kiss  with  a  sharp 
  noise;  to  buss. 
 
  4.  To  make  a  noise  by  the  separation  of  the  lips  after 
  tasting  anything 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Smack  \Smack\,  n.  [D.  smak;  akin  to  LG  smack,  smak,  Dan. 
  smakke  G.  schmacke  F.  semaque.]  (Naut.) 
  A  small  sailing  vessel,  commonly  rigged  as  a  sloop,  used 
  chiefly  in  the  coasting  and  fishing  trade 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Smack  \Smack\,  n.  [OE.  smak,  AS  ssm?c  taste,  savor;  akin  to  D. 
  smaak,  G.  geschmack  OHG.  smac;  cf  Lith.  smagus  pleasant. 
  Cf  {Smack},  v.  i.] 
  1.  Taste  or  flavor,  esp.  a  slight  taste  or  flavor;  savor; 
  tincture;  as  a  smack  of  bitter  in  the  medicine.  Also  used 
  figuratively. 
 
  So  quickly  they  have  taken  a  smack  in  covetousness. 
  --Robynson 
  (More's 
  Utopia). 
 
  They  felt  the  smack  of  this  world.  --Latimer. 
 
  2.  A  small  quantity;  a  taste.  --Dryden. 
 
  3.  A  loud  kiss;  a  buss.  ``A  clamorous  smack.''  --Shak. 
 
  4.  A  quick,  sharp  noise,  as  of  the  lips  when  suddenly 
  separated,  or  of  a  whip. 
 
  5.  A  quick,  smart  blow;  a  slap.  --Johnson. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Smack  \Smack\,  v.  t. 
  1.  To  kiss  with  a  sharp  noise;  to  buss. 
 
  2.  To  open  as  the  lips,  with  an  inarticulate  sound  made  by  a 
  quick  compression  and  separation  of  the  parts  of  the 
  mouth;  to  make  a  noise  with  as  the  lips,  by  separating 
  them  in  the  act  of  kissing  or  after  tasting. 
 
  Drinking  off  the  cup,  and  smacking  his  lips  with  an 
  air  of  ineffable  relish.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  3.  To  make  a  sharp  noise  by  striking;  to  crack;  as  to  smack 
  a  whip.  ``She  smacks  the  silken  thong.''  --Young. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  smack 
  n  1:  a  blow  from  a  flat  object  (as  an  open  hand)  [syn:  {slap}] 
  2:  the  taste  experience  when  a  savoury  condiment  is  taken  into 
  the  mouth  [syn:  {relish},  {flavor},  {flavour},  {sapidity}, 
  {savor},  {savour},  {tang}] 
  3:  a  sailing  ship  (usually  rigged  like  a  sloop  or  cutter)  used 
  in  fishing  and  sailing  along  the  coast 
  4:  a  morphine  derivative  [syn:  {heroin},  {diacetyl  morphine},  {H}, 
  {horse},  {junk},  {scag},  {shit}] 
  5:  an  enthusiastic  kiss  [syn:  {smooch}] 
  6:  the  act  of  smacking  something  [syn:  {smacking},  {slap}] 
  adv  :  (informal)  directly;  "he  ran  bang  into  the  pole";  "ran  slap 
  into  her"  [syn:  {bang},  {slap},  {slapdash},  {bolt}] 
  v  1:  deliver  a  hard  blow  to  "The  teacher  smacked  the  student  who 
  had  misbehaved"  [syn:  {thwack}] 
  2:  have  an  element  suggestive  (of  something);  "his  speeches 
  smacked  of  racism"  [syn:  {reek}] 
  3:  have  a  distinctive  or  characteristic  taste;  "This  tastes  of 
  nutmeg"  [syn:  {taste}] 
  4:  kiss  lightly  [syn:  {peck}] 
  5:  deliver  a  smack  to  "The  teacher  smacked  the  naughty 
  student" 
  6:  eat  noisily  by  smacking  one's  lips




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