I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ firm ( BrE ), good , hard
▪ light
▪ loud , resounding
▪
He landed with a loud ~.
VERB + SMACK
▪ give sb , land (sb)
▪
He longed to land her a good ~ in the face.
▪ get
PREPOSITION
▪ with a ~
▪
She brought her hand down on the water with a ~.
II.
verb
1 ( esp. BrE ) hit sb as a punishment
ADVERB
▪ hard
▪
I'll ~ you very hard if you do that again!
PREPOSITION
▪ on
▪
She ~ed the boy on the leg.
2 hit sb/sth
ADVERB
▪ accidentally
▪
I accidentally ~ed him in the face with a ruler.
▪ hard
▪
I ~ed him hard across the face.
PREPOSITION
▪ against , into
▪
He turned around and ~ed into a wall.
PHRASES
▪ ~ sb across the face , ~ sb in the face , ~ sb on the shoulder , ~ sb upside the head ( AmE )
▪
He ~ed me in the face.
▪
The teacher ~ed me upside the head.
PHRASAL VERB
smack of sth
ADVERB
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
▪
This move ~s a little of desperation.
▪ just
▪
It just ~s of paranoia.
▪ strongly , too much
▪
Today's announcement ~s strongly of a government cover-up.
Smack is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ bottom , ↑ fist , ↑ forehead , ↑ lip