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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SMACK, v.i. [The primary sense is to throw, to strike, whence to touch or taste;]
1. To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate; to kiss with violence.
2. To make a noise by the separation of the lips after tasting any thing.
3. To have a taste; to be tinctured with any particular taste.
4. To have a tincture or quality infused. All sects, all ages smack of this vice.
SMACK, v.t.
1. To kiss with a sharp noise.
2. To make a sharp noies with the lips.
3. To make a sharp noise by striking; to crack; as, to smack a whip.
SMACK, n.
1. A loud kiss
2. A quick sharp noise, as of the lips or of a whip.
3. Taste; savor; tinture.
4. Pleasing taste.
5. A quick smart blow.
6. A small quantity; a taste.
7. A small vessel, commonly rigged as a cutter, used in the coasting and fishing trade.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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 adv
1: directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her" [syn: bang, slap, slapdash, smack, bolt]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English smæc; akin to Old High German smac taste and probably to Lithuanian smaguris sweet tooth Date: before 12th century 1. characteristic taste or flavor; also a perceptible taste or tincture 2. a small quantity II. intransitive verb Date: 13th century 1. to have a taste or flavor 2. to have a trace, vestige, or suggestion <a proposal that smacks of treason> III. noun Etymology: Dutch smak or Low German smack Date: 1533 a sailing ship (as a sloop or cutter) used chiefly in coasting and fishing IV. verb Etymology: akin to Middle Dutch smacken to strike Date: 1557 transitive verb 1. to close and open (lips) noisily and often in rapid succession especially in eating 2. a. to kiss with or as if with a smack b. to strike so as to produce a smack intransitive verb to make or give a smack V. noun Date: 1570 1. a quick sharp noise made by rapidly compressing and opening the lips 2. a loud kiss 3. a sharp slap or blow VI. adverb Date: 1782 squarely and sharply ; directly <smack in the middle> VII. noun Etymology: perhaps from Yiddish shmek sniff, whiff, pinch (of snuff) Date: circa 1960 slang heroin

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n., v., & adv. --n. 1 a sharp slap or blow esp. with the palm of the hand or a flat object. 2 a hard hit at cricket etc. 3 a loud kiss (gave her a hearty smack). 4 a loud sharp sound (heard the smack as it hit the floor). --v. 1 tr. strike with the open hand etc. 2 tr. part (one's lips) noisily in eager anticipation or enjoyment of food or another delight. 3 tr. crack (a whip). 4 tr. & intr. move, hit, etc., with a smack. --adv. colloq. 1 with a smack. 2 suddenly; directly; violently (landed smack on my desk). 3 exactly (hit it smack in the centre). Phrases and idioms: have a smack at colloq. make an attempt, attack, etc., at. a smack in the eye (or face) colloq. a rebuff; a setback. Etymology: MDu. smack(en) of imit. orig. 2. v. & n. (foll. by of) --v.intr. 1 have a flavour of; taste of (smacked of garlic). 2 suggest the presence or effects of (it smacks of nepotism). --n. 1 a flavour; a taste that suggests the presence of something. 2 (in a person's character etc.) a barely discernible quality (just a smack of superciliousness). 3 (in food etc.) a very small amount (add a smack of ginger). Etymology: OE smæc 3. n. a single-masted sailing-boat for coasting or fishing. Etymology: Du. smak f. earlier smacke; orig. unkn. 4. n. sl. a hard drug, esp. heroin, sold or used illegally. Etymology: prob. alt. of Yiddish schmeck sniff

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Smack Smack, adv. As if with a smack or slap. [Colloq.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 2. To have or exhibit indications of the presence of any character or quality. All sects, all ages, smack of this vice. --Shak. 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. 4. To make a noise by the separation of the lips after tasting anything.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. So quickly they have taken a smack in covetousness. --Robynson (More's Utopia). They felt the smack of this world. --Latimer. 2. A small quantity; a taste. --Dryden. 3. A loud kiss; a buss. ``A clamorous smack.'' --Shak. 4. A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip. 5. A quick, smart blow; a slap. --Johnson.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Smack Smack, v. t. 1. To kiss with a sharp noise; to buss. 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. Drinking off the cup, and smacking his lips with an air of ineffable relish. --Sir W. Scott. 3. To make a sharp noise by striking; to crack; as, to smack a whip. ``She smacks the silken thong.'' --Young.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(smacks, smacking, smacked) 1. If you smack someone, you hit them with your hand. She smacked me on the side of the head. VERB: V n • Smack is also a noun. Sometimes he just doesn't listen and I end up shouting at him or giving him a smack. N-COUNT 2. 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. VERB: V n adv/prep, V n adv/prep 3. 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. VERB: V of n 4. Something that is smack in a particular place is exactly in that place. (INFORMAL) In part that's because industry is smack in the middle of the city. ADV: ADV prep 5. Smack is heroin. (INFORMAL) 6. 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. PHRASE: V inflects

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. n. 1. Taste, have a taste, have a flavor. 2. Have a tincture, have a quality, have a savor. 3. Kiss (loudly), buss. II. v. a. 1. Kiss (loudly), buss. 2. Crack, snap, slash. 3. Slap (loudly). III. n. 1. Taste, savor, flavor, tang, tincture. 2. Tincture, touch, tinge, dash, spice, infusion, sprinkling, little, small quantity, soupçon. 3. Buss, loud kiss. 4. Smattering, superficial knowledge. 5. Crack, snap, slash. 6. Slap.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To kiss. I had a smack at her muns: I kissed her mouth. To smack calves skin; to kiss the book, i.e. to take an oath. The queer cuffin bid me smack calves skin, but I only bussed my thumb; the justice bid me kiss the book, but I only kissed my thumb.

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