smack

¹smack

noun \ˈsmak\

Definition of SMACK

1

: characteristic taste or flavor; also : a perceptible taste or tincture

2

: a small quantity

Origin of SMACK

Middle English, from Old English smæc; akin to Old High German smac taste and probably to Lithuanian smaguris sweet tooth

First Known Use: before 12th century

Rhymes with SMACK

back, black, Braque, clack, claque, crack, flack, flak, hack, jack, knack, lac, lack, lakh, mac, Mac, pack, plaque, quack, rack, sac, sack, sacque, shack, slack, snack, stack, tach, tack, thwack, track, Wac, wack, whack, wrack, yak

²smack

intransitive verb

Definition of SMACK

1

: to have a taste or flavor

2

: to have a trace, vestige, or suggestion <a proposal that smacks of treason>

First Known Use of SMACK

13th century

³smack

noun

Definition of SMACK

: a sailing ship (as a sloop or cutter) used chiefly in coasting and fishing

Origin of SMACK

Dutch smak or Low German smack

First Known Use: 1533

⁴smack

verb

Definition of SMACK

transitive verb

1

: to close and open (lips) noisily and often in rapid succession especially in eating

2

a : to kiss with or as if with a smack

b : to strike so as to produce a smack

intransitive verb

: to make or give a smack

Origin of SMACK

akin to Middle Dutch smacken to strike

First Known Use: 1557

⁵smack

noun

Definition of SMACK

1

: a quick sharp noise made by rapidly compressing and opening the lips

2

: a loud kiss

3

: a sharp slap or blow

First Known Use of SMACK

1570

⁶smack

adverb

Definition of SMACK

: squarely and sharply : directly <smack in the middle>

Examples of SMACK

1. She dropped the book smack in the middle of the table.
2. The ball hit me smack in the face.

First Known Use of SMACK

1782

⁷smack

noun

Definition of SMACK

slang

: heroin

Origin of SMACK

perhaps from Yiddish shmek sniff, whiff, pinch (of snuff)

First Known Use: circa 1960