Smack - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |smæk|  American pronunciation of the word smack
Brit.  |smæk|  British pronunciation of the word smack

noun

- a blow from a flat object (as an open hand) (syn: slap)
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth (syn: flavor, flavour, nip, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, tang)
- a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast
- street names for heroin (syn: thunder)
- an enthusiastic kiss (syn: smooch)
- the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand (syn: slap, smacking)

verb

- deliver a hard blow to (syn: thwack)
The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved
- have an element suggestive (of something) (syn: reek, smell)
his speeches smacked of racism
- have a distinctive or characteristic taste (syn: taste)
- kiss lightly (syn: peck)
- press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating

adverb

- directly (syn: bang, bolt, slap, slapdash)

Extra examples

She dropped the book smack in the middle of the table.

The ball hit me smack in the face.

That wine seems to smack of sunny hillsides.

Your last remark smacked of rudeness.

He soon smacked the taste of physic hidden in this sweetness.

Someone smacked me on the back.

That boy deserves to be thoroughly smacked up.

He smacked the money down on the table and walked out.

You're going to get a smack in a minute!

Talk like that and I'll give you a smack in the mouth.

The book landed with a smack.

There was a hole smack in the middle of the floor.

It's smack dab in the middle of an earthquake zone.

The car ran smack into the side of the bus.

The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: smack
he/she/it: smacks
present participle: smacking
past tense: smacked
past participle: smacked
noun
singular: smack
plural: smacks
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