smack

n. [ OE. smak, AS. ssm&unr_;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 ]

adv. As if with a smack or slap. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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&unr_;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 ]

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 ]

n. Same as heroin; -- a slang term. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

n. A sharp, quick noise; a smack. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like the faint smacking of an after kiss. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]