SMACK


Meaning of SMACK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ smæk ]

( smacks, smacking, smacked)

1.

If you smack someone, you hit them with your hand.

She smacked me on the side of the head.

VERB : V n

Smack is also a noun.

Sometimes he just doesn’t listen and I end up shouting at him or giving him a smack.

N-COUNT

2.

If you smack something somewhere, you put it or throw it there so that it makes a loud, sharp noise.

He smacked his hands down on his knees...

Ray Houghton smacked the ball against a post.

VERB : V n adv / prep , V n adv / prep

3.

If one thing smacks of another thing that you consider bad, it reminds you of it or is like it.

The engineers’ union was unhappy with the motion, saying it smacked of racism.

VERB : V of n

4.

Something that is smack in a particular place is exactly in that place. ( INFORMAL )

In part that’s because industry is smack in the middle of the city.

ADV : ADV prep

5.

Smack is heroin. ( INFORMAL )

N-UNCOUNT

6.

If you smack your lips , you open and close your mouth noisily, especially before or after eating, to show that you are eager to eat or enjoyed eating.

‘I really want some dessert,’ Keaton says, smacking his lips.

PHRASE : V inflects

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