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smacking |
4 definitions found 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]: Smacking \Smack"ing\, n. A sharp, quick noise; a smack. Like the faint smacking of an after kiss. --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Smacking \Smack"ing\, a. Making a sharp, brisk sound; hence brisk; as a smacking breeze. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: smacking n : the act of smacking something [syn: {smack}, {slap}]
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