From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Smack \Smack\, v. t.
1. To kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.
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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.
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Drinking off the cup, and smacking his lips with an
air of ineffable relish. --Sir W.
Scott.
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3. To make a sharp noise by striking; to crack; as, to smack
a whip. "She smacks the silken thong." --Young.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Smack \Smack\, adv.
As if with a smack or slap. [Colloq.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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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.
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All sects, all ages, smack of this vice. --Shak.
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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.
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4. To make a noise by the separation of the lips after
tasting anything.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Smack \Smack\, n.
Same as {heroin}; -- a slang term. [slang]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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So quickly they have taken a smack in covetousness.
--Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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They felt the smack of this world. --Latimer.
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2. A small quantity; a taste. --Dryden.
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3. A loud kiss; a buss. "A clamorous smack." --Shak.
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4. A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly
separated, or of a whip.
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5. A quick, smart blow; a slap. --Johnson.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smack
adv 1: directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into
her" [syn: {bang}, {slap}, {slapdash}, {smack}, {bolt}]
n 1: a blow from a flat object (as an open hand) [syn: {slap},
{smack}]
2: the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into
the mouth [syn: {relish}, {flavor}, {flavour}, {sapidity},
{savor}, {savour}, {smack}, {nip}, {tang}]
3: a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used
in fishing and sailing along the coast
4: street names for heroin [syn: {big H}, {hell dust}, {nose
drops}, {smack}, {thunder}, {skag}, {scag}]
5: an enthusiastic kiss [syn: {smack}, {smooch}]
6: the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open
hand [syn: {smack}, {smacking}, {slap}]
v 1: deliver a hard blow to; "The teacher smacked the student
who had misbehaved" [syn: {smack}, {thwack}]
2: have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches
smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism" [syn:
{smack}, {reek}, {smell}]
3: have a distinctive or characteristic taste; "This tastes of
nutmeg" [syn: {smack}, {taste}]
4: kiss lightly [syn: {smack}, {peck}]
5: press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in
eating
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