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noun
1.
a taste or flavor, especially 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.
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Smacks
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Origin:
before 1000; (noun) Middle English smacke, Old English smæc; cognate with Middle Low German smak, German Geschmack taste; (v.) Middle English smacken to perceive by taste, have a (specified) taste, derivative of the noun; compare German schmacken
before 1000; (noun) Middle English smacke, Old English smæc; cognate with Middle Low German smak, German Geschmack taste; (v.) Middle English smacken to perceive by taste, have a (specified) taste, derivative of the noun; compare German schmacken
Synonyms
1. savor. 2. hint. 4. taste, suggest.
1. savor. 2. hint. 4. taste, suggest.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to strike sharply, especially 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, especially 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; imitative; compare Dutch, Low German smakken, German (dial.) schmacken
1550–60; imitative; compare Dutch, Low German smakken, German (dial.) schmacken
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Word Origin & History
smack
"to slap with the hand," 1835, from noun in this sense (c.1746), perhaps influenced by Low Ger. smacken "to strike, throw," which is likely of imitative origin (cf. Swed. smak "slap," M.L.G. smacken, Fris. smakke, Du. smakken "to fling down," Lith. smagiu "to strike, knock down, whip").
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Medical Dictionary
smack (smāk)
n.
Heroin.
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