smack : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: smack	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for smack
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smack adv directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her" Synonym(s): bang, slap, slapdash, smack, bolt n a blow from a flat object (as an open hand) [syn: slap, smack] the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth Synonym(s): relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip, tang a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast street names for heroin Synonym(s): big H, hell dust, nose drops, smack, thunder, skag, scag an enthusiastic kiss Synonym(s): smack, smooch the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand Synonym(s): smack, smacking, slap v deliver a hard blow to; "The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved" Synonym(s): smack, thwack have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism" Synonym(s): smack, reek, smell have a distinctive or characteristic taste; "This tastes of nutmeg" Synonym(s): smack, taste kiss lightly Synonym(s): smack, peck press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smack \Smack\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Smacked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smacking}.] [OE. smaken to taste, have a taste, -- from the noun; cf. AS. smecan taste; akin to D. smaken, G. schmecken, OHG. smechen to taste, smach[?]n to have a taste (and, derived from the same source, G. schmatzen to smack the lips, to kiss with a sharp noise, MHG. smatzen, smackzeen), Icel smakka to taste, Sw. smaka, Dan. smage. See 2d {Smack}, n.] 1. To have a smack; to be tinctured with any particular taste. 2. To have or exhibit indications of the presence of any character or quality. All sects, all ages, smack of this vice. --Shak. 3. To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate; to kiss with a sharp noise; to buss. 4. To make a noise by the separation of the lips after tasting anything.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smack \Smack\, n. [D. smak; akin to LG. smack, smak, Dan. smakke, G. schmacke, F. semaque.] (Naut.) A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smack \Smack\, n. [OE. smak, AS. ssm[?]c taste, savor; akin to D. smaak, G. geschmack, OHG. smac; cf. Lith. smagus pleasant. Cf. {Smack}, v. i.] 1. Taste or flavor, esp. a slight taste or flavor; savor; tincture; as, a smack of bitter in the medicine. Also used figuratively. So quickly they have taken a smack in covetousness. --Robynson (More's Utopia). They felt the smack of this world. --Latimer. 2. A small quantity; a taste. --Dryden. 3. A loud kiss; a buss. [bd]A clamorous smack.[b8] --Shak. 4. A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip. 5. A quick, smart blow; a slap. --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smack \Smack\, adv. As if with a smack or slap. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smack \Smack\, v. t. 1. To kiss with a sharp noise; to buss. 2. To open, as the lips, with an inarticulate sound made by a quick compression and separation of the parts of the mouth; to make a noise with, as the lips, by separating them in the act of kissing or after tasting. Drinking off the cup, and smacking his lips with an air of ineffable relish. --Sir W. Scott. 3. To make a sharp noise by striking; to crack; as, to smack a whip. [bd]She smacks the silken thong.[b8] --Young.