English Explanatory Dictionary

smack

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A distinct flavor, especially if slight.
  2. A slight trace of something; a smattering.
  3. Synonym of heroin.
  4. A form of fried potato; a scallop.
verb
  1. To get the flavor of.
  2. To have a particular taste; used with of.
  3. To indicate or suggest something; used with of.
noun
  1. A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack
  2. A group of jellyfish.
noun
  1. A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.
  2. The sound of a loud kiss.
  3. A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
verb
  1. To slap or hit someone.
  2. To make a smacking sound.
  3. To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (normal U.S. and Canadian term spank)
  4. To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat.
  5. To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate.
adv
  1. As if with a smack or slap; smartly; sharply.
name
  1. A surname from German.
name
  1. An Apache-based solution stack consisting of Spark, Mesos, Akka, Cassandra, and Kafka.

Pronunciation

/smæk/ En-au-smack.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-smack.wav

Word forms

smack smacks smacking smacked

Etymology

The noun is from Middle English smac, smak, smacke, from Old English smæc, smæċċ (“taste, smatch”), from Proto-West Germanic *smakku, from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz (“a taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *smegʰ-, *smeg- (“to taste”). The verb is from Middle English smaken. Doublet of smatch (obsolete, “taste”; q.v.), from Old English smæċċan (“to taste, smack”). Cognate with Scots smak (“scent, smell, taste, flavour”), Saterland Frisian Smoak (“taste”), West Frisian smaak (“taste”), Dutch smaak (“taste”), German Schmack, Geschmack (“taste”), Danish smag (“taste”), Swedish and Norwegian smak (“taste”), Norwegian smekke.

Synonyms

heroin reek

Derived words

foresmack like smack smackhead smackless fishing-smack lay the smack down smack in the face smack talk talk smack gobsmacking lip-smacking smackable smack around smack down smackdown smackee smacker smackingly smack out smacksman smack up smacky unsmacked smack bang smack-dab
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