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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (6)

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]


VERB (5)

1. deliver a hard blow to;
- Example: "The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved"
[syn: smack, thwack]

2. have an element suggestive (of something);
- Example: "his speeches smacked of racism"
- Example: "this passage smells of plagiarism"
[syn: smack, reek, smell]

3. have a distinctive or characteristic taste;
- Example: "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;


ADVERB (1)

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Smack \Smack\, v. t. 1. To kiss with a sharp noise; to buss. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Drinking off the cup, and smacking his lips with an air of ineffable relish. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 3. To make a sharp noise by striking; to crack; as, to smack a whip. "She smacks the silken thong." --Young. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Smack \Smack\, adv. As if with a smack or slap. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster + PJC] All sects, all ages, smack of this vice. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 4. To make a noise by the separation of the lips after tasting anything. [1913 Webster]
The 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Smack \Smack\, n. Same as heroin; -- a slang term. [slang] [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] So quickly they have taken a smack in covetousness. --Robynson (More's Utopia). [1913 Webster] They felt the smack of this world. --Latimer. [1913 Webster] 2. A small quantity; a taste. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. A loud kiss; a buss. "A clamorous smack." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip. [1913 Webster] 5. A quick, smart blow; a slap. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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