smack

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Derived terms 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.2 Verb 1.4.3 Adverb 1.4.3.1 Derived terms 1.5 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /smæk/

  Rhymes: -æk

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English smæċ (“‘taste, smatch’”), from Proto-Indo-European *smeg- (“‘to taste’”); cf. German schmecken (“‘to taste’”). Akin to Old English smeccan (“‘to taste, smack’”). More at smatch

[edit] Noun

smack (plural smacks)

1. A distinct flavour.
2. A slight trace of something; a smattering.
   • 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     He was not sailorly, and yet he had a smack of the sea about him too.

3. (slang) heroin.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to smack (third-person singular simple present smacks, present participle smacking, simple past and past participle smacked)

1. To indicate or suggest something.

   Her reckless behavior smacks of pride.

[edit] Derived terms

• smack of

[edit] Etymology 2

From Low German smack, Dutch smak

[edit] Noun

smack (plural smacks)

1. A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.

[edit] Etymology 3

From or akin to Dutch, smakken "to fling down", Low Ger. smacken "to strike, throw," Ger. (dial.) schmacken (cf. Swed. smak "slap", M.L.G. smacken, Fris. smakke).

[edit] Noun

smack (plural smacks)

1. A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.
2. A loud kiss.

[edit] Verb

to smack (third-person singular simple present smacks, present participle smacking, simple past and past participle smacked)

1. To slap someone, or to make a smacking sound.

[edit] Adverb

smack (not comparable)

1. As if with a smack or slap

   Right smack bang in the middle.

[edit] Derived terms

• smack-dab

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of ackms
• macks