SMACK


Meaning of SMACK in English

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

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .