'Smack' definitions:
Definition of 'smack'
(from WordNet)
adverb
noun
A blow from a flat object (as an open hand) [syn: slap, smack]
noun
The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth [syn: relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip, tang]
noun
A sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast
noun
noun
An enthusiastic kiss [syn: smack, smooch]
noun
verb
Deliver a hard blow to; "The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved" [syn: smack, thwack]
verb
Have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism" [syn: smack, reek, smell]
verb
Have a distinctive or characteristic taste; "This tastes of nutmeg" [syn: smack, taste]
verb
Kiss lightly [syn: smack, peck]
verb
Press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating
Definition of 'Smack'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- So quickly they have taken a smack in covetousness. --Robynson (More's Utopia). [1913 Webster]
- They felt the smack of this world. --Latimer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A small quantity; a taste. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A loud kiss; a buss. "A clamorous smack." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A quick, smart blow; a slap. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Smack'
From: GCIDE
- Smack \Smack\, adv. As if with a smack or slap. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Smack'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To have or exhibit and indication or suggestion of the presence of any character or quality; to have a taste, or flavor; -- used with of; as, a remark smacking of contempt. [1913 Webster + PJC]
- All sects, all ages, smack of this vice. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To make a noise by the separation of the lips after tasting anything. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Smack'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Smack'
From: GCIDE
- Smack \Smack\, v. t.
- 1. To kiss with a sharp noise; to buss. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Drinking off the cup, and smacking his lips with an air of ineffable relish. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To make a sharp noise by striking; to crack; as, to smack a whip. "She smacks the silken thong." --Young. [1913 Webster]