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    smack
    [smak]
    noun
    smack (noun) · smacks (plural noun)
    1. a sharp slap or blow, typically one given with the palm of the hand:
      "she gave Mark a smack across the face"
      • a loud, sharp sound made by a slap or similar action:
        "she closed the ledger with a smack"
      • a loud kiss:
        "I was saluted with two hearty smacks on my cheeks"
    verb
    smack (verb) · smacks (third person present) · smacked (past tense) · smacked (past participle) · smacking (present participle)
    1. strike (someone or something), typically with the palm of the hand and as a punishment:
      "Jessica smacked his face quite hard"
      • smash, drive, or put forcefully into or onto something:
        "he smacked a fist into the palm of a black-gloved hand"
      • part (one's lips) noisily in eager anticipation or enjoyment of food, drink, or other pleasures.
      • archaic
        crack (a whip).
    adverb
    informal
    smack (adverb) · smack bang (adverb)
    1. in a sudden and violent way:
      "I ran smack into the back of a parked truck"
    2. exactly; precisely:
      "our mother's house was smack in the middle of the city"
    Origin
    mid 16th century (in the sense ‘part (one's lips) noisily’): from Middle Dutch smacken, of imitative origin; compare with German schmatzen ‘eat or kiss noisily’.
    smack
    [smak]
    verb
    (smack of)
    smack (verb) · smacks (third person present) · smacked (past tense) · smacked (past participle) · smacking (present participle)
    1. have a flavor of; taste of:
      "the tea smacked of peppermint"
      • suggest the presence or effects of (something wrong or unpleasant):
        "the whole thing smacks of a cover-up"
    noun
    (a smack of)
    smack (noun)
    1. a flavor or taste of:
      "anything with even a modest smack of hops dries the palate"
      • a trace or suggestion of:
        "I hear the smack of collusion between them"
    Origin
    Old English smæc ‘flavor, smell’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch smaak and German Geschmack.
    smack
    [smak]
    noun
    smack (noun) · smacks (plural noun)
    1. US ENGLISH
      a fishing boat, often one equipped with a well for keeping the caught fish alive.
      • BRITISH ENGLISH
        a single-masted sailboat used for fishing or coastal commerce.
    Origin
    early 17th century: from Dutch smak, of unknown ultimate origin.
    smack
    [smak]
    noun
    informal
    smack (noun)
    1. heroin:
      "I was out scoring smack"
    Origin
    1940s: probably an alteration of Yiddish schmeck ‘a sniff’.
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    Similar and Opposite Words
    noun
    1. a sharp slap or blow, typically one given with the palm of the hand:
      slap
      blow
      spank
      cuff
      clout
      thump
      punch
      rap
      swat
      thwack
      crack
      whack
      clip
      biff
      wallop
      swipe
      bop
      belt
      bash
      sock
    verb
    1. strike (someone or something), typically with the palm of the hand and as a punishment:
      slap
      hit
      strike
      spank
      cuff
      clout
      thump
      punch
      rap
      swat
      thwack
      crack
      box someone's ears
      whack
      clip
      wallop
      biff
      swipe
      bop
      belt
      bash
      sock
      slosh
      scud
      boff
      slug
      bust
      dong
      quilt
      smite
      put someone over one's knee
      make someone feel the back of one's hand
      give someone a hiding
      warm someone's bottom
      give someone a hot bottom
      skelp
    adverb
    1. in a sudden and violent way:
      straight
      right
      directly
      squarely
      headlong
      dead
      plumb
      point-blank
      exactly
      precisely
      slap
      bang
      slap bang
      smack bang
      spang
      smack dab
    2. exactly; precisely:
      straight
      right
      directly
      squarely
      headlong
      dead
      plumb
      point-blank
      exactly
      precisely
      slap
      bang
      slap bang
      smack bang
      spang
      smack dab
    verb
    1. have a flavor of; taste of:
      taste of
      have the flavor of
      have the savor of
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