SMACKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does smacking mean? 

• SMACKING (noun)
  The noun SMACKING has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SMACKING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SMACKING (noun)

Sense 1

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 ("smacking" is a kind of...):

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

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

spank (a slap with the flat of the hand)

Derivation:

smack (deliver a hard blow to)

 Context examples 

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

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

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)

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

(Petit Mal Epilepsy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

For anything I know, he was eating something to keep the raw morning air out; but he made motions with his mouth as if the pear were ripe already, and he were smacking his lips over it.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)