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smack

1  [smak]
Use smack in a Sentence
–noun
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.
–verb (used without object)
4. to have a taste, flavor, trace, or suggestion: Your politeness smacks of condescension.
Origin:
bef. 1000; (n.) ME smacke, OE smæc; c. MLG smak, G Geschmack taste; (v.) ME smacken to perceive by taste, have a (specified) taste, deriv. of the n.; cf. G schmacken

Synonyms:
1. savor. 2. hint. 4. taste, suggest.

smack

2  [smak]
–verb (used with object)
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.
–verb (used without object)
5. to smack the lips.
6. to collide, come together, or strike something forcibly.
7. to make a sharp sound as of striking against something.
–noun
8. a sharp, resounding blow, esp. with something flat.
9. a smacking of the lips, as in relish or anticipation.
10. a resounding or loud kiss.
–adverb Informal.
11. suddenly and violently: He rode smack up against the side of the house.
12. directly; straight: The street runs smack into the center of town.
Origin:
1550–60; imit.; cf. D, LG smakken, G (dial.) schmacken

smack

3  [smak]
–noun
1. Eastern U.S. a fishing vessel, esp. one having a well for keeping the catch alive.
2. British. any of various small, fully decked, fore-and-aft-rigged vessels used for trawling or coastal trading.
Origin:
1605–15; < D smak

smack

4  [smak]
–noun Slang.
heroin.
Origin:
1960–65; prob. special use of smack 1 ; cf. earlier slang schmeck with same sense (< Yiddish shmek sniff, whiff; cf. MHG smecken (G schmecken) to taste)

Hen⋅der⋅son

  [hen-der-suhn]
–noun
1. Arthur, 1863–1935, British statesman and labor leader: Nobel peace prize 1934.
2. David Brem⋅ner  [brem-ner] , 1840–1906, U.S. political leader: Speaker of the House 1899–1903.
3. Fletcher (“Smack”), 1898–1952, U.S. jazz pianist, arranger, and bandleader.
4. a city in NW Kentucky, on the Ohio River. 24,834.
5. a city in SE Nevada, near Las Vegas. 24,363.
6. a city in N North Carolina. 13,522.
7. a town in E Texas. 11,473.
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smack 1   (smāk)   
v.   smacked, smack·ing, smacks

v.   tr.

  1. To press together and open (the lips) quickly and noisily, as in eating or tasting.

  2. To kiss noisily.

  3. To strike sharply and with a loud noise.

v.   intr.

  1. To make or give a smack.

  2. To collide sharply and noisily: The ball smacked against the side of the house.

n.  

  1. The loud sharp sound of smacking.

  2. A noisy kiss.

  3. A sharp blow or slap.

adv.  

  1. With a smack: fell smack on her head.

  2. Directly: "We were smack in the middle of another controversy about a public man's personal life" (Ellen Goodman).


[Perhaps of Middle Flemish origin, or perhaps of imitative origin.]
smack 2   (smāk)   
n.  

    1. A distinctive flavor or taste.

    2. A suggestion or trace.

  2. A small amount; a smattering.

intr.v.   smacked, smack·ing, smacks

  1. To have a distinctive flavor or taste. Used with of.

  2. To give an indication; be suggestive. Often used with of: "an agenda that does not smack of compromise" (Time).


[Middle English, from Old English smæc.]
smack 3   (smāk)   
n.  A fishing boat sailing under various rigs, according to size, and often having a well used to transport the catch to market.

[Dutch or Low German smak, from smakken, to fling, dash.]
smack 4   (smāk)   
n.   Slang
Heroin.

[Probably variant of smeck, from Yiddish shmek, a sniff, swell, from shmekn, to sniff, smell, from Middle High German smecken, smacken, to smell, taste, from Old High German smac, smell, taste.]
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smack (smāk)
n.
Heroin.

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