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Smack \Smack\, adv.
As if with a smack or slap. [Colloq.]
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Smack \Smack\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Smacked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Smacking.]
[OE. smaken to taste, have a taste, -- from the
noun; cf. AS. smecan taste; akin to D. smaken, G. schmecken,
OHG. smechen to taste, smach?n to have a taste (and, derived
from the same source, G. schmatzen to smack the lips, to kiss
with a sharp noise, MHG. smatzen, smackzeen), Icel smakka to
taste, Sw. smaka, Dan. smage. See 2d Smack, n.]
1. To have a smack; to be tinctured with any particular
taste.
2. To have or exhibit indications of the presence of any
character or quality.
All sects, all ages, smack of this vice. --Shak.
3. To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to
make a sound when they separate; to kiss with a sharp
noise; to buss.
4. To make a noise by the separation of the lips after
tasting anything.
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Smack \Smack\, n. [D. smak; akin to LG. smack, smak, Dan.
smakke, G. schmacke, F. semaque.]
(Naut.)
A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used
chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.
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Smack \Smack\, n. [OE. smak, AS. ssm?c taste, savor; akin to D.
smaak, G. geschmack, OHG. smac; cf. Lith. smagus pleasant.
Cf. Smack, v. i.]
1. Taste or flavor, esp. a slight taste or flavor; savor;
tincture; as, a smack of bitter in the medicine. Also used
figuratively.
So quickly they have taken a smack in covetousness.
--Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
They felt the smack of this world. --Latimer.
2. A small quantity; a taste. --Dryden.
3. A loud kiss; a buss. ``A clamorous smack.'' --Shak.
4. A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly
separated, or of a whip.
5. A quick, smart blow; a slap. --Johnson.
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Smack \Smack\, v. t.
1. To kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.
2. To open, as the lips, with an inarticulate sound made by a
quick compression and separation of the parts of the
mouth; to make a noise with, as the lips, by separating
them in the act of kissing or after tasting.
Drinking off the cup, and smacking his lips with an
air of ineffable relish. --Sir W.
Scott.
3. To make a sharp noise by striking; to crack; as, to smack
a whip. ``She smacks the silken thong.'' --Young.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
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