n. 25B6; noun
the beer has a smack of hops : TASTE, flavour, savour.
a smack of bitterness in his words : TRACE, tinge, touch, suggestion, hint, overtone, suspicion, whisper.
25A0; smack of
the tea smacked of tannin : TASTE OF, have the flavour of.
the plan smacked of self-promotion : SUGGEST, hint at, have overtones of, give the impression of, have the stamp of, seem like; smell of, reek of.