smack
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smack1
▶noun
- 1 a sharp blow or slap, typically one given with the palm of the hand.
■ a loud, sharp sound made by or as by such a blow.
- 2 a loud kiss.
- 1 hit with a smack.
- 2 smash, drive, or put forcefully into or on to something.
- 3 part (one's lips) noisily.
- 4 archaic crack (a whip).
- 1 in a sudden and violent way.
- 2 (N. Amer. also smack dab) exactly; precisely.
– phrases
a smack in the face (or eye) informal a strong rebuff.
a smack in the face (or eye) informal a strong rebuff.
– origin C16: from MDu. smacken, of imitative origin.
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smack2
▶verb (smack of)
- 1 have a flavour or smell of.
- 2 suggest the presence or effects of.
– origin OE smæc ‘flavour, smell’, of Gmc origin.
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smack3
▶noun Brit. a single-masted sailing boat used for coasting or fishing.
– origin C17: from Du. smak, of unknown origin.
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smack4
▶noun informal heroin.
– origin 1940s: prob. an alt. of Yiddish shmek ‘a sniff’.
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