Definition of SMACK

smack

Plural: smacks

Noun

  • a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
  • the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
  • a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast
  • street names for heroin
  • an enthusiastic kiss
  • the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
  • A distinct flavor, especially if slight.
  • A slight trace of something; a smattering.
  • Heroin.
  • A form of fried potato; a scallop.
  • A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack
  • A group of jellyfish.
  • A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.
  • The sound of a loud kiss.
  • A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.

Verb

Verb Forms: smacked, smacking, smacks

  • To strike sharply, often with an open hand or flat object.
  • deliver a hard blow to
    • "The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved"
  • have an element suggestive (of something)
    • "his speeches smacked of racism"
  • have a distinctive or characteristic taste
  • kiss lightly
  • press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating
  • To get the flavor of.
  • To have a particular taste; used with of.
  • To indicate or suggest something; used with of.
  • To slap or hit someone.
  • To make a smacking sound.
  • To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (normal U.S. and Canadian term spank)
  • To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat.
  • To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate.

Adverb

  • directly

Adv

  • As if with a smack or slap; smartly; sharply.

Examples

  • Her reckless behavior smacks of pride.
  • rice pudding with a smack of cinnamon
  • Right smack in the middle.
  • She wanted to smack her forehead after realizing she missed a triple word score.

Origin / Etymology

The noun is from Middle English smac, smak, smacke, from Old English smæc, smæċċ (“taste, smatch”), from Proto-West Germanic *smakku, from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz (“a taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *smegʰ-, *smeg- (“to taste”). The verb is from Middle English smaken.
Cognate with English dialectal smatch, Scots smak (“scent, smell, taste, flavour”), Saterland Frisian Smoak (“taste”), West Frisian smaak (“taste”), Dutch smaak (“taste”), German Schmack, Geschmack (“taste”), Danish smag (“taste”), Swedish and Norwegian smak (“taste”), Norwegian smekke . Akin to Old English smæċċan (“to taste, smack”). More at smatch.

Synonyms

bang, big H, bolt, flavor, flavour, hell dust, nip, nose drops, peck, reek, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, scag, skag, slap, slapdash, smacking, smell, smooch, tang, taste, thunder, thwack, Big H, H, boy, brown, brown sugar, bujj, diacetylmorphine, diamorphine, dog food, dope, henry, heroin, horse, junk, muck, mud, ron, smack, spider, sugar, white lady, whiteboy, yam yam

Scrabble Score: 13

smack: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
smack: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
smack: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

smack: valid Words With Friends Word