smack: Meaning and Definition of

smack

Pronunciation: (smak), [key]
— n.
  1. a taste or flavor, esp. a slight flavor distinctive or suggestive of something: The chicken had just a smack of garlic.
  2. a trace, touch, or suggestion of something.
  3. a taste, mouthful, or small quantity.
—v.i.
  1. to have a taste, flavor, trace, or suggestion: Your politeness smacks of condescension.

smack

Pronunciation: (smak), [key]
— v.t.
  1. to strike sharply, esp. with the open hand or a flat object.
  2. to drive or send with a sharp, resounding blow or stroke: to smack a ball over a fence.
  3. to close and open (the lips) smartly so as to produce a sharp sound, often as a sign of relish, as in eating.
  4. to kiss with or as with a loud sound.
—v.i.
  1. to smack the lips.
  2. to collide, come together, or strike something forcibly.
  3. to make a sharp sound as of striking against something.
—n.
  1. a sharp, resounding blow, esp. with something flat.
  2. a smacking of the lips, as in relish or anticipation.
  3. a resounding or loud kiss.
—adv.

smack

Pronunciation: (smak), [key]
— n.
  1. a fishing vessel, esp. one having a well for keeping the catch alive.
  2. any of various small, fully decked, fore-and-aft-rigged vessels used for trawling or coastal trading.

smack

Pronunciation: (smak), [key]
— n. Slang.
  1. heroin.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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