smack

noun \ ˈsmak \

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

2 : a small quantity

Origin and Etymology of smack

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

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First Known Use: before 12th century

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smack

verb

intransitive verb

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

smack

noun

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

Origin and Etymology of smack

Dutch smak or Low German smack

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First Known Use: 1533

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smack

verb

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 and Etymology of smack

akin to Middle Dutch smacken to strike

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First Known Use: 1557

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smack

noun

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

2 : a loud kiss

3 : a sharp slap or blow

4 US, informal : boastful or insulting language especially between opponents : smack talk, trash talk —usually used in the phrase talk smack

The college basketball season is barely a month old, yet the top two candidates for national player of the year are already talking smack.
—Grant Wahl

First Known Use of smack

1570

smack

adverb

: squarely and sharply : directly

smack in the middle

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Examples of smack in a Sentence

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

First Known Use of smack

1782

smack

noun

slang

: heroin

Origin and Etymology of smack

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

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First Known Use: circa 1960

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smack

adverb

: exactly or directly

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smack

verb \ ˈsmak \

smacked; smacking

1 : to make or give a noisy slap

2 : to close and open the lips noisily especially in eating

3 : to kiss usually loudly or hard

smack

noun

1 : a noisy slap or blow

2 : a quick sharp noise made by the lips (as in enjoyment of some taste)

3 : a loud kiss

smack

adverb

: in a square and sharp manner : directly

One side of the house … was smack up against the mountain …
—Virginia Hamilton, M. C. Higgins

smack

verb

smacked; smacking

: to seem to contain or involve

The remark smacks of spite.

smack

noun

: a slight taste, trace, or touch of something

I had always my eye open for seafaring men … and … he had a smack of the sea about him …
—Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

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