Etymology : Middle English, from Old English smæc; akin to Old High German smac taste and probably to Lithuanian smaguris sweet tooth
Pronunciation : 'smak
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. faint taste, slight hint; little bit, small amount; slap; opening and closing of the lips accompanied by a sharp sound; loud kiss; sound of a kiss; fishing boat; heroin (Slang). strike with an open hand; hit with a smacking sound; open and close the lips with a sharp sound; kiss loudly. ad(Slang) with a loud smacking sound; directly, squarely.
2. a kis.
3. a blow, a sla.
4. heroi.
5. to kiss. smack\smack\, adv. as if with a smack or slap. [colloq.]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.].
6. to have a smack; to be tinctured with any particular taste.
7. to have or exhibit indications of the presence of any character or quality. all sects, all ages, smack of this vice.
8. 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.
9. to make a noise by the separation of the lips after tasting anything.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.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.].
10. 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. they felt the smack of this world.
11. a small quantity; a taste.
12. a loud kiss; a buss. "a clamorous smack.".
13. a quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
14. a quick, smart blow; a slap.smack \smack\, v. t.
15. to kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.
16. 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. w. scott.
17. to make a sharp noise by striking; to crack; as, to smack a whip. "she smacks the silken thong."smack n.
18. a blow from a flat object (as an open hand) [syn: slap].
19. the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth [syn: relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, tang].
20. a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast.
21. a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative [syn: heroin, diacetylmorphine, h, horse, junk, scag, shit].
22. an enthusiastic kiss [syn: smooch].
23. the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand [syn: smacking, slap] (informal) directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her" [syn: bang, slap, slapdash, bolt] v 1: deliver a hard blow to; "the teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved" [syn: thwack] 2: have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism" [syn: reek] 3: have a distinctive or characteristic taste; "this tastes of nutmeg" [syn: taste] 4: kiss lightly [syn: peck] 5: deliver a smack to; "the teacher smacked the naughty student" 6: eat noisily by smacking one's lips.
24. A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.
25. Taste or flavor, esp. a slight taste or flavor; savor; tincture; as, a smack of bitter in the medicine.
26. Also used figuratively.
27. A small quantity; a taste.
28. A loud kiss; a buss.
29. A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
30. A quick, smart blow; a slap.
31. As if with a smack or slap.
32. To have a smack; to be tinctured with any particular taste.
33. To have or exhibit indications of the presence of any character or quality.
34. 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.
35. To make a noise by the separation of the lips after tasting anything.
36. To kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.
37. 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.
38. To make a sharp noise by striking; to crack; as, to smack a whip. the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand an enthusiastic kiss a sailing ship used in fishing and sailing along the coast eat noisily by smacking one's lips deliver a hard blow to; "The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved" kiss lightly have a distinctive or characteristic taste; "This tastes of nutmeg" have an element suggestive ; "his speeches smacked of racism".
39. 1. If you smack someone, you hit them with your hand. She smacked me on the side of the head. Smack is also a noun. Sometimes he just doesn't listen and I end up shouting at him or giving him a smack.
40. If you smack something somewhere, you put it or throw it there so that it makes a loud, sharp noise. He smacked his hands down on his knees Ray Houghton smacked the ball against a post.
41. If one thing smacks of another thing that you consider bad, it reminds you of it or is like it. The engineers' union was unhappy with the motion, saying it smacked of racism.
42. Something that is smack in a particular place is exactly in that place. In part that's because industry is smack in the middle of the city.
43. Smack is heroin.
44. If you smack your lips, you open and close your mouth noisily, especially before or after eating, to show that you are eager to eat or enjoyed eating. `I really want some dessert,' Keaton says, smacking his lips. A fishing boat sailing under various rigs, according to size, and often having a well used to transport the catch to market. Heroin.