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Definition smack

Etymology 1

From Middle English smac, smak, smacke, from Old English smæc, smæ?? (“taste, smatch”), from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz (“a taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *smeg?-, *smeg- (“to taste”). Cognate with English dialectal smatch, Scots smak (“scent, smell, taste, flavour”), Saterland Frisian Smoak (“taste”), West Frisian smaak (“taste”), Dutch smaak (“taste”), German Schmack, Geschmack (“taste”), Swedish and Norwegian smak (“taste”). Akin to Old English smæccan (“to taste, smack”). More at smake, smatch.

Noun

smack (countable and uncountable, plural smacks)

1. A distinct flavor, especially if slight.
2. A slight trace of something; a smattering.
3. (slang, uncountable) Heroin.

Verb

smack (third-person singular simple present smacks, present participle smacking, simple past and past participle smacked)

1. (transitive) To get the flavor of.
2. (intransitive) To indicate or suggest something; used with of.
3. (intransitive) To have a particular taste; used with of.

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German smack (Low German Schmacke, Schmaake (“small ship”)) or Dutch smak.

Noun

smack (plural smacks)

1. A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack
2. A group of jellyfish.

Etymology 3

From or akin to Dutch smakken (“to fling down”), Plautdietsch schmaksen (“to smack the lips”), regional German schmacken, Schmackes (“vigour”) (compare Swedish smak (“slap”), Middle Low German smacken, the first part of Saterland Frisian smakmuulje (“smack”)).

Noun

smack (plural smacks)

1. A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.
2. A loud kiss.
3. A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.

Verb

smack (third-person singular simple present smacks, present participle smacking, simple past and past participle smacked)

1. To slap someone.
2. To make a smacking sound.
3. (New Zealand) To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (US spank)
4. To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat.
5. To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate.

Adverb

smack (not comparable)

1. As if with a smack or slap; smartly; sharply.

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