smack
8 definitions found
smack - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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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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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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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Smack \Smack\, adv.
As if with a smack or slap. [Colloq.]
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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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Smack \Smack\, n.
Same as heroin; -- a slang term. [slang]
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smack - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
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
smack - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
351 Moby Thesaurus words for "smack":
Amytal, Amytal pill, Demerol, Dolophine, H, Luminal, Luminal pill,
M, Mickey Finn, Nembutal, Nembutal pill, Seconal, Seconal pill,
Tuinal, Tuinal pill, abruptly, aftertaste, alcohol,
amobarbital sodium, analgesic, anodyne, aroma, attribute, badge,
bang, bang into, barb, barbiturate, barbiturate pill, bash, bat,
beating, belt, biff, bitter, black stuff, blip, blow, blow a kiss,
blue, blue angel, blue devil, blue heaven, blue velvet, bonk, bop,
box, box the ears, brand, buffet, bump, bump into, burst, buss,
bust, cachet, calmative, cannon, carom, carom into, cast,
character, characteristic, chloral hydrate, chop, clap, clash,
clip, clobber, clout, clump, codeine, codeine cough syrup,
coldcock, collide, come into collision, concuss, configuration,
confront each other, crack, crack up, crash, crash into, crump,
crunch, cuff, cut, dash, dash into, deal, deal a blow, deck,
depressant, depressor, differentia, differential, dig, dint,
distinctive feature, dolly, downer, drub, drubbing, drumming,
earmark, encounter, exactly, fall foul of, feature, fetch,
fetch a blow, figure, flap, flavor, flop, flush, foul, full,
fusillade, gleam, goofball, gust, hallmark, hard stuff, hastily,
heroin, hint, hit, hit a clip, hit against, hop, horse, hurt,
hurtle, hypnotic, idea, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, impetuously,
impinge, impress, impression, index, individualism, infusion,
inkling, intimation, jab, junk, kerplunk, keynote, kiss, knock,
knock against, knock cold, knock down, knock out, knockout drops,
lash, laudanum, let have it, lick, like a flash,
like a thunderbolt, lineaments, lip, liquor, look, lotus,
mannerism, mark, marking, meet, meperidine, methadone, mold,
morphia, morphine, narcotic, nature, odor, of a sudden,
on short notice, opiate, opium, osculate, osculation, pacifier,
pain killer, palate, paregoric, particularity, paste, peck,
peculiarity, pelt, pen yan, percuss, phenobarbital,
phenobarbital sodium, plop, plumb, plump, plunk, point-blank, poke,
pop, pound, precipitantly, precipitately, precipitously, precisely,
property, punch, purple heart, quality, quietener, quirk, rainbow,
rap, red, reek, relish, report, resemble, right, run into, salt,
sample, sapidity, sapor, sauce, savor, savoriness, scag, scintilla,
seal, seasoning, secobarbital sodium, sedative, shade, shadow,
shape, sharp, shit, sideswipe, singularity, sip, slam, slam into,
slap, slap the face, slat, sleep-inducer, sleeper,
sleeping draught, sleeping pill, slog, slug, smack into, smack-dab,
smash, smash into, smash up, smattering, smell, smite, smooch,
snap, soak, sock, sodium thiopental, somnifacient, soother,
soothing syrup, soporific, soupcon, sour, spang, spank, spark,
specialty, spice, splat, sprinkling, square, squarely, stamp,
startlingly, stink, stomach, straight, strike, strike against,
strike at, stripe, stroke, sudden, suddenly, suggest, suggestion,
sup, surprisingly, suspicion, swap, swat, sweet, swing, swipe,
taint, tang, tap, tar, taste, taste of, tattoo, tempering, thought,
thump, thwack, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, token,
token punishment, tongue, tooth, touch, trace, trait, tranquilizer,
trick, turps, unawares, unexpectedly, vestige, wallop, welt, whack,
wham, whap, whip, white stuff, whomp, whop, without notice,
without warning, yellow, yellow jacket, yerk
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