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smack: Meaning and Definition of
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smack
Pronunciation:
(smak),
[key]
— n.
a taste or flavor, esp. a slight flavor distinctive or suggestive of something:
The chicken had just a smack of garlic.
a trace, touch, or suggestion of something.
a taste, mouthful, or small quantity.
—v.i.
to have a taste, flavor, trace, or suggestion:
Your politeness smacks of condescension.
smack
Pronunciation:
(smak),
[key]
— v.t.
to strike sharply, esp. with the open hand or a flat object.
to drive or send with a sharp, resounding blow or stroke:
to smack a ball over a fence.
to close and open (the lips) smartly so as to produce a sharp sound, often as a sign of relish, as in eating.
to kiss with or as with a loud sound.
—v.i.
to smack the lips.
to collide, come together, or strike something forcibly.
to make a sharp sound as of striking against something.
—n.
a sharp, resounding blow, esp. with something flat.
a smacking of the lips, as in relish or anticipation.
a resounding or loud kiss.
—adv.
smack
Pronunciation:
(smak),
[key]
— n.
a fishing vessel, esp. one having a well for keeping the catch alive.
any of various small, fully decked, fore-and-aft-rigged vessels used for trawling or coastal trading.
smack
Pronunciation:
(smak),
[key]
— n. Slang.
heroin.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary,
Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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