SMACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does smack mean? 

• SMACK (noun)
  The noun SMACK has 6 senses:

1. a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)

2. the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

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

4. street names for heroin

5. an enthusiastic kiss

6. the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

  Familiarity information: SMACK used as a noun is common.

• SMACK (verb)
  The verb SMACK has 5 senses:

1. deliver a hard blow to

2. have an element suggestive (of something)

3. have a distinctive or characteristic taste

4. kiss lightly

5. press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating

  Familiarity information: SMACK used as a verb is common.

• SMACK (adverb)
  The adverb SMACK has 1 sense:

1. directly

  Familiarity information: SMACK used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SMACK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A blow from a flat object (as an open hand)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

slap; smack

Hypernyms ("smack" is a kind of...):

blow; bump (an impact (as from a collision))

Derivation:

smack (deliver a hard blow to)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

flavor; flavour; nip; relish; sapidity; savor; savour; smack; tang

Hypernyms ("smack" is a kind of...):

gustatory perception; gustatory sensation; taste; taste perception; taste sensation (the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "smack"):

lemon (a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons)

vanilla (a distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans)

Derivation:

smack (have a distinctive or characteristic taste)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("smack" is a kind of...):

sailing ship; sailing vessel (a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Street names for heroin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

big H; hell dust; nose drops; scag; skag; smack; thunder

Hypernyms ("smack" is a kind of...):

diacetylmorphine; heroin (a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative; intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rush)

Domain usage:

street name (slang for something (especially for an illegal drug))

Sense 5

Meaning:

An enthusiastic kiss

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

smack; smooch

Hypernyms ("smack" is a kind of...):

buss; kiss; osculation (the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "smack"):

smacker (a loud kiss)

Derivation:

smack (kiss lightly)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

slap; smack; smacking

Hypernyms ("smack" is a kind of...):

blow (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "smack"):

spank (a slap with the flat of the hand)

Derivation:

smack (deliver a hard blow to)

• SMACK (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deliver a hard blow to

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

smack; thwack

Context example:

The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved

Hypernyms (to "smack" is one way to...):

hit (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The fighter managed to smack his opponent

Derivation:

smack (the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand)

smack (a blow from a flat object (as an open hand))

smacker (a very powerful blow with the fist)

smacking (the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Have an element suggestive (of something)

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

reek; smack; smell

Context example:

this passage smells of plagiarism

Hypernyms (to "smack" is one way to...):

evoke; paint a picture; suggest (call to mind)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Have a distinctive or characteristic taste

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

smack; taste

Context example:

This tastes of nutmeg

Hypernyms (to "smack" is one way to...):

savor; savour; taste (have flavor; taste of something)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

smack (the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Kiss lightly

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

peck; smack

Hypernyms (to "smack" is one way to...):

buss; kiss; osculate; snog (touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot smack Sue

Derivation:

smack (an enthusiastic kiss)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "smack" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

• SMACK (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Directly

Synonyms:

bang; bolt; slap; slapdash; smack

Context example:

ran slap into her

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

 Context examples 

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

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

But to get the full smack of it ye must yourselves be English bowmen, and be far off upon an outland soil.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Micawber read on, almost smacking his lips: To wit, in manner following, that is to say.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

After a time he thought he should like to go a little faster, so he smacked his lips and cried “Jip!”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Oh, if you could see him killing cockroaches with a slipper! Smack! smack! smack! Three gone before you could wink!

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There’s not more’n a few of you could ’it a dint in a pat o’ butter, and if you gets a smack or two it’s all over vith you.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Rhythmic blinking of the eyelids or lip smacking frequently accompanies the seizure.

(Petit Mal Epilepsy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The ants use this motion to smack other arthropods, likely stunning them, smashing them against a tunnel wall or pushing them away.

(Dracula Ant Found to Be Fastest Creature on Earth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) Facial and Oral Movements, Lips and perioral area, e.g., puckering, pouting, smacking.

(AIMS - Lips and Perioral Area, NCI Thesaurus)

Plumb in the middle of the back of the head and smack through the brain.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)