smack /smæk/verb 8noun 9adverb 1forms 3phrases 4 verb8 •to hit someone quickly with an open hand, making a sharp sound •To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (normal U.S. and Canadian term spank) •To have a particular taste; used with of. •To indicate or suggest something; used with of.Her reckless behavior smacks of pride. •To make a smacking sound.A horse neighed, and a whip smacked, there was a whistle, and the sound of a cart wheel. — 1832 •To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat.But when, obedient to the mode / Of panegyric, courtly ode / The bard bestrides, his annual hack, / In vain I taste, and sip and smack, / I find no flavour of the Sack. — 1763 •To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate. •To get the flavor of.He soon smacked the taste of physic hidden in this sweetness. — 1827 noun9 •A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank. •(slang) Synonym of heroin.Claude overdosed on smack in a Chicago flophouse three years later. — 2019 •The sound of a loud kiss.he took the bride about the neck. And kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack. — 1590 •A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip. •A distinct flavor, especially if slight.But take it: if the smack is sour / The better for the embittered hour; […] — 1896 •A slight trace of something; a smattering.He was not sailorly, and yet he had a smack of the sea about him too. — 1881 •A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack.He had sung when he was by himself in the old days and he had sung at night sometimes when he was alone steering on his watch in the smacks or in the turtle boats. — 1952 •A group of jellyfish.As we paddled we passed a smack of jellyfish — 2008 •(Northern-England) A form of fried potato; a scallop. adverb1 •As if with a smack or slap; smartly; sharply.Right smack in the middle of getting ready to leave.She fell smack on her face. formssmacked · smacking · smacks Phrases with smack smack aroundTo beat up or handle roughly. smack downTo defeat utterly and decisively, especially in a humiliating way. smack outTo remove or produce by smacking. smack upTo beat up physically.
