smacking : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: smacking	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for smacking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smacking n the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand Synonym(s): smack, smacking, slap
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]:
Smacking \Smack"ing\, n. A sharp, quick noise; a smack. Like the faint smacking of an after kiss. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smacking \Smack"ing\, a. Making a sharp, brisk sound; hence, brisk; as, a smacking breeze.