(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ someone, you hit them with your hand.
She ~ed me on the side of the head.
VERB: V n
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Smack is also a noun.
Sometimes he just doesn’t listen and I end up shouting at him or giving him a ~.
N-COUNT
2.
If you ~ something somewhere, you put it or throw it there so that it makes a loud, sharp noise.
He ~ed his hands down on his knees...
Ray Houghton ~ed the ball against a post.
VERB: V n adv/prep, V n adv/prep
3.
If one thing ~s 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 ~ed of racism.
VERB: V of n
4.
Something that is ~ in a particular place is exactly in that place. (INFORMAL)
In part that’s because industry is ~ in the middle of the city.
ADV: ADV prep
5.
Smack is heroin. (INFORMAL)
N-UNCOUNT
6.
If you ~ 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, ~ing his lips.
PHRASE: V inflects