smack

1 a blow from a flat object (as an open hand) [syn: slap]

2 the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth [syn: relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, tang]

3 a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast

4 street names for heroin [syn: big H, hell dust, nose drops, thunder]

5 an enthusiastic kiss [syn: smooch]

6 the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand [syn: smacking, slap] adv : directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her" [syn: bang, slap, slapdash, bolt]

1 deliver a hard blow to; "The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved" [syn: thwack]

2 have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism" [syn: reek]

3 have a distinctive or characteristic taste; "This tastes of nutmeg" [syn: taste]

4 kiss lightly [syn: peck]

5 eat noisily by smacking one's lips

English

Pronunciation

• /smæk/

  Rhymes with: -æk

Etymology 1

From smǣc

Noun

1. A distinct flavour.
2. A slight trace of something; a smattering.
   • 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     He was not sailorly, and yet he had a smack of the sea about him too.

3. heroin.

Verb

1. To indicate or suggest something.

   Her reckless behavior smacks of pride.

Derived terms

• smack of

Etymology 2

From smack, smak

Noun

1. A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.

Etymology 3

Noun

1. A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.
2. A loud kiss.

Verb

1. To slap someone, or to make a smacking sound.

Adverb

1. As if with a smack or slap

   Right smack bang in the middle.

Derived terms

• smack-dab

Smack may refer to the following:

• Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel, a Linux kernel security module
• Spank or slap, a strike with an open palm
• Smack (library), an open-source library for XMPP messaging
• Smack (Finnish band), a Finnish 80's rock'n roll band
• Smack (American band), an American rock'n roll band
• Honey Smacks, a cereal made by Kellogg's
• Smack (ship), a small decked or half-decked vessel, sailing under various rigs and used principally for fishing
• Smack (nightclub), a world renowned club in Leamington Spa
• Heroin, a drug often known by the street name smack
• Trash-talk, often referred to in the United States as "talking smack"
• Jim Rome, whose sports commentary is often referred to as smack
• A group of jellyfish
• Junk (novel), a 1996 novel by Melvin Burgess, known originally as Junk but published in US as Smack

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