SMACK


Meaning of SMACK in English

I. ˈsmak noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English smæc; akin to Old High German smac taste and probably to Lithuanian smaguris sweet tooth

Date: before 12th century

1. : characteristic taste or flavor ; also : a perceptible taste or tincture

2. : a small quantity

II. intransitive verb

Date: 13th century

1. : to have a taste or flavor

2. : to have a trace, vestige, or suggestion

a proposal that smack s of treason

III. noun

Etymology: Dutch smak or Low German smack

Date: 1533

: a sailing ship (as a sloop or cutter) used chiefly in coasting and fishing

IV. verb

Etymology: akin to Middle Dutch smacken to strike

Date: 1557

transitive verb

1. : to close and open (lips) noisily and often in rapid succession especially in eating

2.

a. : to kiss with or as if with a smack

b. : to strike so as to produce a smack

intransitive verb

: to make or give a smack

V. noun

Date: 1570

1. : a quick sharp noise made by rapidly compressing and opening the lips

2. : a loud kiss

3. : a sharp slap or blow

VI. adverb

Date: 1782

: squarely and sharply : directly

smack in the middle

VII. noun

Etymology: perhaps from Yiddish shmek sniff, whiff, pinch (of snuff)

Date: circa 1960

slang : heroin

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.