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SMACK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("smack" is a kind of...):
blow (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "smack"):
spank (a slap with the flat of the hand)
Derivation:
smack (deliver a hard blow to)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An enthusiastic kiss
Synonyms:
smack; smooch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("smack" is a kind of...):
buss; kiss; osculation (the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "smack"):
smacker (a loud kiss)
Derivation:
smack (kiss lightly)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Street names for heroin
Synonyms:
big H; hell dust; nose drops; scag; skag; smack; thunder
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("smack" is a kind of...):
diacetylmorphine; heroin (a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative; intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rush)
Domain usage:
street name (slang for something (especially for an illegal drug))
Sense 4
Meaning:
A sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("smack" is a kind of...):
sailing ship; sailing vessel (a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
Synonyms:
flavor; flavour; nip; relish; sapidity; savor; savour; smack; tang
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("smack" is a kind of...):
gustatory perception; gustatory sensation; taste; taste perception; taste sensation (the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "smack"):
lemon (a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons)
vanilla (a distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans)
Derivation:
smack (have a distinctive or characteristic taste)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
Synonyms:
slap; smack
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("smack" is a kind of...):
blow; bump (an impact (as from a collision))
Derivation:
smack (deliver a hard blow to)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they smack ... he / she / it smacks
Past simple: smacked
Past participle: smacked
-ing form: smacking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "smack" is one way to...):
emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Deliver a hard blow to
Example:
The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved
Synonyms:
smack; thwack
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "smack" is one way to...):
hit (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The fighter managed to smack his opponent
Derivation:
smack (the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand)
smack (a blow from a flat object (as an open hand))
smacker (a very powerful blow with the fist)
smacking (the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Kiss lightly
Synonyms:
peck; smack
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "smack" is one way to...):
buss; kiss; osculate; snog (touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot smack Sue
Derivation:
smack (an enthusiastic kiss)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Have a distinctive or characteristic taste
Example:
This tastes of nutmeg
Synonyms:
smack; taste
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "smack" is one way to...):
savor; savour; taste (have flavor; taste of something)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
smack (the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Have an element suggestive (of something)
Example:
this passage smells of plagiarism
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "smack" is one way to...):
evoke; paint a picture; suggest (call to mind)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
III. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Directly
Example:
ran slap into her
Synonyms:
bang; bolt; slap; slapdash; smack
Classified under:
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Context examples:
He wore rough clothes that smacked of the sea, and he was manifestly out of place in the spacious hall in which he found himself.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
But Mr. Thorpe only laughed, smacked his whip, encouraged his horse, made odd noises, and drove on; and Catherine, angry and vexed as she was, having no power of getting away, was obliged to give up the point and submit.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
It smacked of danger.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
On which, leaning forward, he caught his comrade a rousing smack across his rosy cheek.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
As he came out of his room he heard the slosh of water, a sharp exclamation, and a resounding smack as his sister visited her irritation upon one of her numerous progeny.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
However, the horseman got off, took the silver, helped Hans up, gave him the bridle into one hand and the whip into the other, and said, When you want to go very fast, smack your lips loudly together, and cry Jip!
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Smack! smack! smack!
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
As he called Peggotty Lass, and gave her a hearty smack on the cheek, I had no doubt, from the general propriety of her conduct, that he was her brother; and so he turned out—being presently introduced to me as Mr. Peggotty, the master of the house.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
How say you, Sir William, will you not try the smack of the famed Spanish swine, though we have but the brook water to wash it down?
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
What happened was so quick that I cannot set its sequence down in words, but I saw Jim make a quick stoop under the swinging arms, and at the same instant I heard a sharp, ringing smack, and there was Jim dancing about in the middle of the ring, and Berks lying upon his side on the floor, with his hand to his eye.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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