smack
1 (smăk)
[Perhaps of Middle Flemish origin, or perhaps of imitative origin.]
verb: smacked, smack·ing, smacks.
transitive verb
- To press together and open (the lips) quickly and noisily, as in eating or tasting.
- To kiss noisily.
- To strike sharply and with a loud noise.
intransitive verb
- To make or give a smack.
- To collide sharply and noisily: The ball smacked against the side of the house.
noun
- The loud sharp sound of smacking.
- A noisy kiss.
- A sharp blow or slap.
adverb
- With a smack: fell smack on her head.
- Directly: “We were smack in the middle of another controversy about a public man's personal life” (Ellen Goodman)
smack
2 (smăk)
[Middle English, from Old English smæc.]
noun
- A distinctive flavor or taste.
- A suggestion or trace.
- A small amount; a smattering.
intransitive verb: smacked, smack·ing, smacks.
- To have a distinctive flavor or taste. Used with of.
- To give an indication; be suggestive. Often used with of: “an agenda that does not smack of compromise” (Time)
smack
3 (smăk)
[Dutch, or Low German smak, from smakken, to fling, dash.]
noun
- A fishing boat sailing under various rigs, according to size, and often having a well used to transport the catch to market.
smack
4 (smăk)
[Probably variant of smeck, from Yiddish shmek, a sniff, swell, from shmekn, to sniff, smell, from Middle High German smecken, smacken, to smell, taste, from Old High German smac, smell, taste.]
noun
Slang- Heroin.
