smacked

verb

past tense of smack
as in slapped
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner he smacked the punching bag one final time before heading to the showers

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Recent Examples of smacked Eury Perez dominated with seven perfect innings, and the Miami Marlins smacked four homers before holding on for a wild 9-8 victory over the host Athletics on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. — Miami Herald, 6 July 2026 Wyatt-Hodge, who launched the tournament two weeks ago with a century against Sri Lanka, smacked a 32-ball fifty. — ABC News, 24 June 2026 Curtis Mead smacked a pinch two-run homer to give Washington a 4-3 lead in the sixth. — CBS News, 24 June 2026 Once inside the cozy cottage, you'll be smacked with the pleasant aroma of toasty sourdough and Benton's bacon, mingling in perfect harmony with poached eggs. — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 23 June 2026 By official count, at least 17 tornadoes smacked into northern Illinois and northwest Indiana, leaving a trail of damage across the region. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026 Felix Nmecha’s direct forward pass was a peach and Undav instinctively tamed it with his right and smacked it with his left. — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 21 June 2026 For the viewer, the satisfaction comes through vicarious tactile sensation—witnessing how the thatch gets smacked in by a flat, hammerlike device, or the way a tile slots perfectly into a shelf niche. — Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 17 June 2026 Llamas smacked 139 hits in her career, Kyles 136. — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smacked
  1. slapped
  2. knocked
  3. hit
  4. slammed
  5. punched
  6. banged
  7. whacked
  8. clapped
Verb
  • Women slapped their heads with their hands in mourning, while men beat their chests in unison, a tradition observed at Shia Muslim funerals.
    — Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 6 July 2026
  • Chestnut drunkenly slapped a man at a bar in Indiana and pleaded guilty to the charge in April.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of slapped
Verb
  • Well, with decades of audio augmentation experience, Creative kind of knocked it out of the park with this little soundbar's SuperWide mode.
    — Joe Salas July 07, New Atlas, 8 July 2026
  • Trump responded to the funeral, saying Iran had been knocked the hell out.
    — Sophia Mandt, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2026
Definition of knocked
Verb
  • Beyond Hicks’ contributions, Heriberto Hernandez and Owen Caissie hit home runs, while Lopez and Edwards each tallied a hit, while Jakob Marsee ended the game with a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning.
    — Tyler M. Carmona, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026
  • He was evaluated by the medical staff, hit in the cage and decided to play.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
Definition of hit
Verb
  • In a scathing Instagram post this morning, LuPone, who has long been devoted to her equally enamored gay fandom, slammed Turkey’s latest homophobic move.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 3 July 2026
  • Investigators said the Tesla slammed through a brick home at a high rate of speed, fatally striking Avila.
    — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
Definition of slammed
Verb
  • That punched El Tri's ticket straight to the Round of 16 and kept the host nation's tournament dream alive for at least one more match.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
  • Rocha punched it in the nose and the shark let go and swam away.
    — Kim Chandler, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of punched
Verb
  • The Cabo Verde contingent behind Dibu Martinez’s goal danced and banged their drums as Duarte got in behind Lisandro Martinez and sent a shot past Dibu.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • It was rewarded when Baena broke in on the left side and lifted a pass to an unmarked Porro, who banged home an emphatic header for his first international goal.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Definition of banged
Verb
  • Pop, a Romanian, was rolling through another service game when Bobker whacked an easy backhand beyond the baseline.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • The experience was not entirely dissimilar to getting whacked in the skull.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Definition of whacked
Verb
  • As the song concluded, the soon-to-be citizens clapped and returned to their seats, while another speaker asked them to stand and remain standing when their country was called.
    — Jesse Bedayn, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • Holding small American flags, the cohort of new citizens waved and clapped along to patriotic music sung by the Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra & Chorus’ TOSCA a capella ensemble.
    — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
Definition of clapped

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