Word Frequency
smack1 (smæk
)
Definitions
noun
- a smell or flavour that is distinctive though faint
- a distinctive trace or touch ⇒
the smack of corruption
- a small quantity, esp a mouthful or taste
verb
intr foll by of- to have the characteristic smell or flavour (of something) ⇒
to smack of the sea
- to have an element suggestive (of something) ⇒
his speeches smacked of bigotry
Word Origin
Old English smæc; related to Old High German smoc, Icelandic smekkr a taste, Dutch smaaksmack2 (smæk
)
Definitions
verb
- tr to strike or slap smartly, with or as if with the open hand
- to strike or send forcibly or loudly or to be struck or sent forcibly or loudly
- to open and close (the lips) loudly, esp to show pleasure
- tr to kiss noisily
noun
- a sharp resounding slap or blow with something flat, or the sound of such a blow
- a loud kiss
- a sharp sound made by the lips, as in enjoyment
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See have a smack at
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See smack in the eye
adverb
(informal)- directly; squarely
- with a smack; sharply and unexpectedly
Word Origin
C16: from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch smacken, probably of imitative originsmack3 (smæk
)
Definitions
noun
- a slang word for heroin
Word Origin
C20: perhaps from Yiddish schmeckTranslations for 'smack'
- British English: smack If you smack someone, you hit them with your hand.She smacked me on the side of the head.smæk VERB
- Arabic: يَضْرِبُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: dar uma palmada
- Chinese: 掌击
- Croatian: udariti
- Czech: plácnout plácatrukou
- Danish: smække
- Dutch: slaan
- European Spanish: dar un manotazo
- Finnish: läimäyttää
- French: gifler
- German: hauen
- Greek: ραπίζω
- Italian: sculacciare
- Japanese: ピシャリと打つ
- Korean: 세게 때리다
- Norwegian: klaske
- Polish: trzasnąć trzaskać
- Portuguese: dar uma palmada
- Romanian: a pălmui
- Russian: отшлепать
- Spanish: dar un manotazo
- Swedish: slåsmiska
- Thai: เสียงตีดังผัวะ
- Turkish: tokat atmak
- Ukrainian: ляскати ляснути
- Vietnamese: phát
Example Sentences Including 'smack'
Coke, smack , speed, White Cap, Tusker, anything yer like, me.WHITE LIES (2003)
DUDE, EASE UP: Someone should remind Rodney Harrison not to smack around the Patriots anymore.Toronto Sun (2003)
He said: `Leo was smack dab in the middle of it, sleeping on cartons of underground comics.Sun, News of the World (2000)
Johnny had shot upstairs to get to the computer before getting a smack round the head.MR GOLIGHTLY'S HOLIDAY (2003)
Margaret, you could tell, wanted to smack him with a frying pan.Globe and Mail (2003)
PARENTS are to keep the right to smack their children, the Government revealed yesterday.Sun, News of the World (2000)
The glass shattered with the first smack of her umbrella.Seize the Reckless Wind
Tips on clothing, about carrying water and taking a hepatitis shot before eating out, smack of a manual for foreign tourists.India Today (2000)
`Three pounds -- it's just for smack -- a bag costs a tenner,' sniffs Sam.STUART: A Life Backwards (2005)
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