Lexic.us

Definition of Smack

1. Adverb. Directly. "Ran slap into her"

2. Verb. Deliver a hard blow to. "The fighter managed to smack his opponent"; "The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved"

3. Noun. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).

4. Verb. Have an element suggestive (of something). "This passage smells of plagiarism"

5. Noun. The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth.

6. Verb. Have a distinctive or characteristic taste. "This tastes of nutmeg"

7. Noun. A sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast.

8. Verb. Kiss lightly. "Sam cannot smack Sue "

9. Noun. Street names for heroin.

10. Verb. Press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating.

11. Noun. An enthusiastic kiss.

12. Noun. The act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand.

Definition of Smack

1. n. A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.

2. n. Taste or flavor, esp. a slight taste or flavor; savor; tincture; as, a smack of bitter in the medicine. Also used figuratively.

3. adv. As if with a smack or slap.

4. v. i. To have a smack; to be tinctured with any particular taste.

5. v. t. To kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.

Definition of Smack

1. Noun. A distinct flavor. ¹

2. Noun. A slight trace of something; a smattering. ¹

3. Noun. (slang) heroin. ¹

4. Verb. To indicate or suggest something. ¹

5. Noun. A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and so called a Fishing smack. ¹

6. Noun. A sharp blow; a slap. ''See also: spank.'' ¹

7. Noun. A loud kiss. ¹

8. Verb. To slap someone, or to make a smacking sound. ¹

9. Verb. To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, in expectation of a treat. ¹

10. Adverb. As if with a smack or slap ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Smack

1. to strike sharply [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Smack

1. A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade. Origin: D. Smak; akin to LG. Smack, smak, Dan. Smakke, G. Schmacke, F. Semaque. 1. Taste or flavor, especially. 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. 3. A loud kiss; a buss. "A clamorous smack." 4. A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip. 5. A quick, smart blow; a slap. Origin: OE. Smak, AS. Ssmc taste, savor; akin to D. Smaak, G. Geschmack, OHG. Smac; cf. Lith. Smagus pleasant. Cf. Smack. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Smack

sly as a fox sly fox slyboot slyboots slyer slyest slyish slyke slyly slyness

slynesses slype slypes smFRET smac 25 smack (current term) smack-dab smack dab smack of smack up

smackable smackdown smackdowns smacked smackee smackees smacker smackeroo smackeroonies smackeroos

Literary usage of Smack

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Also Low G. smakken, to smack the lips (distinct from .... Wedgwood says oí smack that it is ' a syllable directly representing the sound made by the sudden ..."

2. Adventures in the Wilds of the United States and British American Provinces by Charles Lanman (1856)
"A WEEK IN A FISHING smack. ON a pleasant Monday morning, in other days, I started from Norwich, Connecticut, bound to New London, and from thence to any ..."

3. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"smack (a), a sounding blow. (E. ?) Confused with the word above ... So also Dan. snekke (i) a snail, (a) a vessel or smack. See Snake, Sneak. Small. ..."

4. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"THE smack IN SCHOOL A DISTRICT school, not far away, Mid Berkshire's hills, one winter's day, Was humming with its wonted noise Of threescore mingled girls ..."

5. Rules and Regulations Made in Pursuance of an Act of Parliament Passed in ...by Great Britain Vice-Admiralty Courts, Great Britain Parliament by Great Britain Vice-Admiralty Courts, Great Britain Parliament (1842)
"The boat therefore put off, and rowed to the smack Speedwell, of London, Rycroft, ... That the smack put some of their own lines in their boat • they hod ..."

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