smack (verb)

  • 1smack — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ firm (BrE), good, hard ▪ light ▪ loud, resounding ▪ He landed with a loud smack …

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  • 2smack — Ⅰ. smack [1] ► NOUN 1) a sharp blow given with the palm of the hand. 2) a loud, sharp sound made by such a blow. 3) a loud kiss. ► VERB 1) hit with a smack. 2) smash, drive, or put forcefully into or o …

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  • 3smack up — verb To beat up physically. They might even smack her up a bit but not too much …

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  • 4smack out — Verb. To succumb to an excessive indulgence in recreational drugs, to become stupified by drugs. Originally referring this state when high on heroin. E.g. I was so smacked out I fell asleep where I was. Although waking up under the kitchen table… …

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  • 5smack one's lips — verb To indicate ones current or anticipated pleasure, as derived from food. See Also: lip smacking, lip smackingly …

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  • 6smack of — verb To seem like; to appear or give an impression or feeling of; to arouse suspicion of. This smacks of dishonesty, but I cant say why …

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  • 7smack — smack1 [ smæk ] verb 1. ) transitive to hit someone with your flat hand or a flat object: I don t believe it s right to smack children when they re being naughty. a ) transitive BRITISH INFORMAL to hit someone with your FIST (=closed hand): He… …

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  • 8smack — [[t]smæ̱k[/t]] smacks, smacking, smacked 1) VERB If you smack someone, you hit them with your hand. [V n] She smacked me on the side of the head. N COUNT Smack is also a noun. Sometimes he just doesn t listen and I end up shouting at him or… …

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  • 9smack — 1 verb (T) 1 to hit a child with your hand in order to punish them: To bed now, or I ll smack your bottom! 2 to hit something against something else so that it makes a short loud noise: smack sth against/into etc: He smacked his fist against his… …

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  • 10smack — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English smæc; akin to Old High German smac taste and probably to Lithuanian smaguris sweet tooth Date: before 12th century 1. characteristic taste or flavor; also a perceptible taste or tincture 2. a… …

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