smack Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
    slap.
  2. noun the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
    nip; tang; flavour; savor; savour; sapidity; flavor; relish.
  3. noun a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast
  4. noun street names for heroin
    skag; nose drops; thunder; hell dust; big H; scag.
  5. noun an enthusiastic kiss
    smooch.
  6. noun the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
    smacking; slap.
  7. verb deliver a hard blow to
    thwack.
    • The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved
  8. verb have an element suggestive (of something)
    reek; smell.
    • his speeches smacked of racism
    • this passage smells of plagiarism
  9. verb have a distinctive or characteristic taste
    taste.
    • This tastes of nutmeg
  10. verb kiss lightly
    peck.
  11. verb press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating
  12. adverb directly
    bang; slapdash; slap; bolt.
    • he ran bang into the pole
    • ran slap into her

WordNet

Smack noun
Etymology
D. smak; akin to LG. smack, smak, Dan. smakke, G. schmacke, F. semaque.
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.
Smack noun
Etymology
OE. smak, AS. ssmc taste, savor; akin to D. smaak, G. geschmack, OHG. smac; cf. Lith. smagus pleasant. Cf. Smack, v. i.
Definitions
  1. Taste or flavor, esp. a slight taste or flavor; savor; tincture; as, a smack of bitter in the medicine. Also used figuratively.
    So quickly they have taken a smack in covetousness. Robynson (More's Utopia).
    They felt the smack of this world. Latimer.
  2. A small quantity; a taste. Dryden.
  3. A loud kiss; a buss. "A clamorous smack." Shak.
  4. A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
  5. A quick, smart blow; a slap. Johnson.
Smack adverb
Definitions
  1. As if with a smack or slap. Colloq.
Smack intransitive verb
Etymology
OE. smaken to taste, have a taste, -- from the noun; cf. AS. smecan taste; akin to D. smaken, G. schmecken, OHG. smechen to taste, smachn 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.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Smacked ; present participle & verbal noun Smacking
Definitions
  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.
Smack transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.
  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.
    Drinking off the cup, and smacking his lips with an air of ineffable relish. Sir W. Scott.
  3. To make a sharp noise by striking; to crack; as, to smack a whip. "She smacks the silken thong." Young.

Webster 1913