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Meaning of 'smack' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Smack [ adv.]
- As if with a smack or slap.
2 . Smack [ n.]
- A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.
- To have a smack; to be tinctured with any particular taste.
- To have or exhibit indications of the presence of any character or quality.
- 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.
- To make a noise by the separation of the lips after tasting anything.
3 . Smack [ v. i.]
- Taste or flavor, esp. a slight taste or flavor; savor; tincture; as, a smack of bitter in the medicine. Also used figuratively.
- A small quantity; a taste.
- A loud kiss; a buss.
- A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
- A quick, smart blow; a slap.
4 . Smack [ v. t.]
- To kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.
- 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.
- To make a sharp noise by striking; to crack; as, to smack a whip.

Meaning of 'smack' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . smack [ v]
Meaning (1):
- have an element suggestive (of something)
Example in sentence:
  • his speeches smacked of racism;
  • this passage smells of plagiarism
Meaning (2):
- deliver a hard blow to
Example in sentence:
  • The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved
Meaning (3):
- have a distinctive or characteristic taste
Example in sentence:
  • This tastes of nutmeg
4 . smack [ r]
Meaning (4):
- directly
Example in sentence:
  • he fell sheer into the water;
  • he ran bang into the pole;
  • ran slap into her;
  • we must talk man-to-man

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