smack

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive), Adverb

CIDE DICTIONARY

smack, n. [D. smak; akin to LG. smack, smak, Dan. smakke, G. schmacke, F. semaque.].

 A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.  [1913 Webster]

smack, n. [OE. smak, AS. ssmc taste, savor; akin to D. smaak, G. geschmack, OHG. smac; cf. Lith. smagus pleasant. Cf. Smack, v. i.].

•  Taste or flavor, esp. a slight taste or flavor; savor; tincture; as, a smack of bitter in the medicine. Also used figuratively.  [1913 Webster]

  "So quickly they have taken a smack in covetousness."  [1913 Webster]

  "They felt the smack of this world."  [1913 Webster]
•  A small quantity; a taste.  Dryden.  [1913 Webster]
•  A loud kiss; a buss.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
•  A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.  [1913 Webster]
•  A quick, smart blow; a slap.  Johnson.  [1913 Webster]

smack, adv. 

 As if with a smack or slap.  [1913 Webster]

smack, v. i. [OE. smaken to taste, have a taste, -- from the noun; cf. AS. smecan taste; akin to D. smaken, G. schmecken, OHG. smechen to taste, smachn to have a taste (and, derived from the same source, G. schmatzen to smack the lips, to kiss with a sharp noise, MHG. smatzen, smackzeen), Icel. smakka to taste, Sw. smaka, Dan. smage. See 2d Smack, n.].

•  To have a smack; to be tinctured with any particular taste.  [1913 Webster]
•  To have or exhibit indications of the presence of any character or quality.  [1913 Webster]

  " All sects, all ages, smack of this vice."  [1913 Webster]
•  To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate; to kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.  [1913 Webster]
•  To make a noise by the separation of the lips after tasting anything.  [1913 Webster]

smack, v. t. 

•  To kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.  [1913 Webster]
•  To open, as the lips, with an inarticulate sound made by a quick compression and separation of the parts of the mouth; to make a noise with, as the lips, by separating them in the act of kissing or after tasting.  [1913 Webster]

  "Drinking off the cup, and smacking his lips with an air of ineffable relish."  [1913 Webster]
•  To make a sharp noise by striking; to crack; as, to smack a whip.  Young.  [1913 Webster]

smack, n. 

 a slang term for heroin.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

smack, n., v., & adv.
--n.
1 a sharp slap or blow esp. with the palm of the hand or a flat object.
2 a hard hit at cricket etc.
3 a loud kiss (gave her a hearty smack).
4 a loud sharp sound (heard the smack as it hit the floor).
--v.
1 tr. strike with the open hand etc.
2 tr. part (one's lips) noisily in eager anticipation or enjoyment of food or another delight.
3 tr. crack (a whip).
4 tr. & intr. move, hit, etc., with a smack.
--adv. colloq.
1 with a smack.
2 suddenly; directly; violently (landed smack on my desk).
3 exactly (hit it smack in the centre).

Idiom

have a smack at colloq. make an attempt, attack, etc., at. a smack in the eye (or face) colloq. a rebuff; a setback.

smack, v. & n. (foll. by of)
--v.intr.
1 have a flavour of; taste of (smacked of garlic).
2 suggest the presence or effects of (it smacks of nepotism).
--n.
1 a flavour; a taste that suggests the presence of something.
2 (in a person's character etc.) a barely discernible quality (just a smack of superciliousness).
3 (in food etc.) a very small amount (add a smack of ginger).

smack, n. a single-masted sailing-boat for coasting or fishing.

smack, n. sl. a hard drug, esp. heroin, sold or used illegally.

Etymology

prob. alt. of Yiddish schmeck sniff

THESAURUS

smack

Amytal, Amytal pill, Demerol, Dolophine, H, Luminal, Luminal pill, M, Mickey Finn, Nembutal, Nembutal pill, Seconal, Seconal pill, Tuinal, Tuinal pill, abruptly, aftertaste, alcohol, amobarbital sodium, analgesic, anodyne, aroma, attribute, badge, bang, bang into, barb, barbiturate, barbiturate pill, bash, bat, beating, belt, biff, bitter, black stuff, blip, blow, blow a kiss, blue, blue angel, blue devil, blue heaven, blue velvet, bonk, bop, box, box the ears, brand, buffet, bump, bump into, burst, buss, bust, cachet, calmative, cannon, carom, carom into, cast, character, characteristic, chloral hydrate, chop, clap, clash, clip, clobber, clout, clump, codeine, codeine cough syrup, coldcock, collide, come into collision, concuss, configuration, confront each other, crack, crack up, crash, crash into, crump, crunch, cuff, cut, dash, dash into, deal, deal a blow, deck, depressant, depressor, differentia, differential, dig, dint, distinctive feature, dolly, downer, drub, drubbing, drumming, earmark, encounter, exactly, fall foul of, feature, fetch, fetch a blow, figure, flap, flavor, flop, flush, foul, full, fusillade, gleam, goofball, gust, hallmark, hard stuff, hastily, heroin, hint, hit, hit a clip, hit against, hop, horse, hurt, hurtle, hypnotic, idea, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, impetuously, impinge, impress, impression, index, individualism, infusion, inkling, intimation, jab, junk, kerplunk, keynote, kiss, knock, knock against, knock cold, knock down, knock out, knockout drops, lash, laudanum, let have it, lick, like a flash, like a thunderbolt, lineaments, lip, liquor, look, lotus, mannerism, mark, marking, meet, meperidine, methadone, mold, morphia, morphine, narcotic, nature, odor, of a sudden, on short notice, opiate, opium, osculate, osculation, pacifier, pain killer, palate, paregoric, particularity, paste, peck, peculiarity, pelt, pen yan, percuss, phenobarbital, phenobarbital sodium, plop, plumb, plump, plunk, point-blank, poke, pop, pound, precipitantly, precipitately, precipitously, precisely, property, punch, purple heart, quality, quietener, quirk, rainbow, rap, red, reek, relish, report, resemble, right, run into, salt, sample, sapidity, sapor, sauce, savor, savoriness, scag, scintilla, seal, seasoning, secobarbital sodium, sedative, shade, shadow, shape, sharp, shit, sideswipe, singularity, sip, slam, slam into, slap, slap the face, slat, sleep-inducer, sleeper, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, slog, slug, smack into, smack-dab, smash, smash into, smash up, smattering, smell, smite, smooch, snap, soak, sock, sodium thiopental, somnifacient, soother, soothing syrup, soporific, soupcon, sour, spang, spank, spark, specialty, spice, splat, sprinkling, square, squarely, stamp, startlingly, stink, stomach, straight, strike, strike against, strike at, stripe, stroke, sudden, suddenly, suggest, suggestion, sup, surprisingly, suspicion, swap, swat, sweet, swing, swipe, taint, tang, tap, tar, taste, taste of, tattoo, tempering, thought, thump, thwack, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, token, token punishment, tongue, tooth, touch, trace, trait, tranquilizer, trick, turps, unawares, unexpectedly, vestige, wallop, welt, whack, wham, whap, whip, white stuff, whomp, whop, without notice, without warning, yellow, yellow jacket, yerk

ROGET THESAURUS

smack

Smallness

N smallness, littleness, tenuity, paucity, fewness, meanness, insignificance (unimportance), mediocrity, moderation, small quantity, modicum, trace, hint, minimum, vanishing point, material point, atom, particle, molecule, corpuscle, point, speck, dot, mote, jot, iota, ace, minutiae, details, look, thought, idea, soupcon, dab, dight, whit, tittle, shade, shadow, spark, scintilla, gleam, touch, cast, grain, scruple, granule, globule, minim, sup, sip, sop, spice, drop, droplet, sprinkling, dash, morceau, screed, smack, tinge, tincture, inch, patch, scantling, tatter, cantlet, flitter, gobbet, mite, bit, morsel, crumb, seed, fritter, shive, snip, snippet, snick, snack, snatch, slip, scrag, chip, chipping, shiver, sliver, driblet, clipping, paring, shaving, hair, nutshell, thimbleful, spoonful, handful, capful, mouthful, fragment, fraction, drop in the ocean, animalcule, trifle, mere nothing, next to nothing, hardly anything, just enough to swear by, the shadow of a shade, finiteness, finite quantity, small, little, diminutive, minute, fine, inconsiderable, paltry, faint, slender, light, slight, scanty, scant, limited, meager, sparing, few, low, so-so, middling, tolerable, no great shakes, below par, under par, below the mark, at a low ebb, halfway, moderate, modest, tender, subtle, inappreciable, evanescent, infinitesimal, homeopathic, very small, atomic, corpuscular, microscopic, molecular, subatomic, mere, simple, sheer, stark, bare, near run, dull, petty, shallow, stolid, ungifted, unintelligent, to a small extent, on a small scale, a little bit, a wee bit, slightly, imperceptibly, miserably, wretchedly, insufficiently, imperfectly, faintly, passably, pretty well, well enough, partially, in part, in a certain degree, to a certain degree, to a certain extent, comparatively, some, rather in some degree, in some measure, something, somewhat, simply, only, purely, merely, at least, at the least, at most, at the most, ever so little, as little as may be, tant soit peu, in ever so small a degree, thus far, pro tanto, within bounds, in a manner, after a fashion, so to speak, almost, nearly, well-nigh, short of, not quite, all but, near upon, close upon, peu s'en faut, near the mark, within an ace of, within an inch of, on the brink of, scarcely, hardly, barely, only just, no more than, about, thereabouts, somewhere about, nearly, say, be the same, be little more or less, no ways, no way, no wise, not at all, not in the least, not a bit, not a bit of it, not a whit, not a jot, not a shadow, in no wise, in no respect, by no means, by no manner of means, on no account, at no hand, dare pondus idonea fumo, magno conatu magnas nugas, small sands the mountain, moments make the year.

Mixture

N mixture, admixture, commixture, commixtion, commixion, intermixture, alloyage, matrimony, junction, combination, miscegenation, impregnation, infusion, diffusion suffusion, transfusion, infiltration, seasoning, sprinkling, interlarding, interpolation, adulteration, sophistication, tinge, tincture, touch, dash, smack, sprinkling, spice, seasoning, infusion, soupcon, alloy, amalgam, brass, chowchow, pewter, magma, half-and-half, melange, tertium quid, miscellany, ambigu, medley, mess, hotchpot, pasticcio, patchwork, odds and ends, all sorts, jumble, salad, sauce, mash, omnium gatherum, gallimaufry, olla-podrida, olio, salmagundi, potpourri, Noah's ark, caldron texture, mingled yarn, mosaic, half-blood, half-caste, mulatto, terceron, quarteron, quinteron, quadroon, octoroon, griffo, zambo, cafuzo, Eurasian, fustee, fustie, griffe, ladino, marabou, mestee, mestizo, quintroon, sacatra zebrule, catalo, cross, hybrid, mongrel, mixed, implex, composite, half-and-half, linsey-woolsey, chowchow, hybrid, mongrel, heterogeneous, motley, miscellaneous, promiscuous, indiscriminate, miscible, among, amongst, amid, amidst, with, in the midst of, in the crowd.

Punishment

VB punish, chastise, chasten, castigate, correct, inflict punishment, administer correction, deal retributive justice, cowhide, lambaste, visit upon, pay, pay out, serve out, do for, make short work of, give a lesson to, serve one right, make an example of, have a rod in pickle for, give it one, strike, deal a blow to, administer the lash, smite, slap, slap the face, smack, cuff, box the ears, spank, thwack, thump, beat, lay on, swinge, buffet, thresh, thrash, pummel, drub, leather, trounce, sandbag, baste, belabor, lace, lace one's jacket, dress, dress down, give a dressing, trim, warm, wipe, tund, cob, bang, strap, comb, lash, lick, larrup, wallop, whop, flog, scourge, whip, birch, cane, give the stick, switch, flagellate, horsewhip, bastinado, towel, rub down with an oaken towel, rib roast, dust one's jacket, fustigate, pitch into, lay about one, beat black and blue, beat to a mummy, beat to a jelly, give a black eye, tar and feather, pelt, stone, lapidate, masthead, keelhaul, execute, bring to the block, bring to the gallows, behead, decapitate, guillotine, decollate, hang, turn off, gibbet, bowstring, hang draw and quarter, shoot, decimate, burn, break on the wheel, crucify, empale, impale, flay, lynch, electrocute, gas, send to the gas chamber, torture, put on, put to the rack, picket, banish, exile, transport, expel, ostracize, rusticate, drum out, dismiss, disbar, disbench, strike off the roll, unfrock, post, suffer, suffer for, suffer punishment, be flogged, be executed, suffer the ultimate penalty, be hanged, come to the gallows, mount the gallows, swing, twist in the wind, dance upon nothing, die in one's shoes, be rightly served, be electrocuted, fry, ride the lightning, face the firing squad.

Endearment

N endearment, caress, blandishment, blandiment, panchement, fondling, billing and cooing, dalliance, necking, petting, sporting, sparking, hanky-panky, caressing, embrace, salute, kiss, buss, smack, osculation, deosculation, amorous glances, courtship, wooing, suit, addresses, the soft impeachment, lovemaking, serenading, caterwauling, flirting, flirtation, gallantry, coquetry, true lover's knot, plighted love, love tale, love token, love letter, billet-doux, valentine, honeymoon, Strephon and Chloe, caressing, sighing like furnace, love-sick, spoony, caressed, faint heart neer won fair lady, kisses honeyed by oblivion.

VB caress, fondle, pet, dandle, pat, pat on the head, pat on the cheek, chuck under the chin, smile upon, coax, wheedle, cosset, coddle, cocker, cockle, make of, make much of, cherish, foster, kill with kindness, clasp, hug, cuddle, fold in one's arms, strain in one's arms, nestle, nuzzle, embrace, kiss, buss, smack, blow a kiss, salute, fold to the heart, press to the bosom, bill and coo, spoon, toy, dally, flirt, coquet, gallivant, galavant, philander, make love, pay one's court to, pay one's addresses to, pay one's attentions to, serenade, court, woo, set one's cap at, be sweet upon, look sweet upon, ogle, cast sheep's eyes upon, faire les yeux doux, fall in love with, win the affections, die for, propose, make an offer, have an offer, pop the question, plight one's troth, plight one's faith.

Ship

N ship, vessel, sail, craft, bottom, navy, marine, fleet, flotilla, shipping, man of war, transport, tender, storeship, merchant ship, merchantman, packet, liner, whaler, slaver, collier, coaster, lighter, fishing boat, pilot boat, trawler, hulk, yacht, baggala, floating hotel, floating palace, ocean greyhound, ship, bark, barque, brig, snow, hermaphrodite brig, brigantine, barkantine, schooner, topsail schooner, for and aft schooner, three masted schooner, chasse-maree, sloop, cutter, corvette, clipper, foist, yawl, dandy, ketch, smack, lugger, barge, hoy, cat, buss, sailer, sailing vessel, windjammer, steamer, steamboat, steamship, liner, ocean liner, cruiseship, ship of the line, mail steamer, paddle steamer, screw steamer, tug, line of steamers, destroyer, cruiser, frigate, landing ship, LST, aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, nuclear powered carrier, submarine, submersible, atomic submarine, boat, pinnace, launch, life boat, long boat, jolly boat, bum boat, fly boat, cock boat, ferry boat, canal boat, swamp boat, ark, bully, battery, bateau, broadhorn, dory, droger, drogher, dugout, durham boat, flatboat, galiot, shallop, gig, funny, skiff, dingy, scow, cockleshell, wherry, coble, punt, cog, kedge, lerret, eight oar, four oar, pair oar, randan, outrigger, float, raft, pontoon, prame, iceboat, ice canoe, ice yacht, catamaran, hydroplane, hovercraft, coracle, gondola, carvel, caravel, felucca, caique, canoe, birch bark canoe, dugout canoe, galley, galleyfoist, bilander, dogger, hooker, howker, argosy, carack, galliass, galleon, polacca, polacre, tartane, junk, lorcha, praam, proa, prahu, saick, sampan, xebec, dhow, dahabeah, nuggah, kayak, keel boat, log canoe, pirogue, quadrireme, trireme, stern-wheeler, wanigan, wangan, wharf boat, balloon, airship, aeroplane, biplane, monoplane, triplane, hydroplane, aerodrome, air balloon, pilot balloon, fire balloon, dirigible, zeppelin, aerostat, Montgolfier, kite, parachute, jet plane, rocket plane, jet liner, turbojet, prop-jet, propeller plane, corporate plane, corporate jet, private plane, private aviation, airline, common carrier, fighter, bomber, fighter-bomber, escort plane, spy plane, supersonic aircraft, subsonic aircraft, afloat, aboard, on board, on ship board, hard a lee, hard a port, hard a starboard, hard a weather.

Impulse

N impulse, sudden thought, impromptu, improvisation, inspiration, flash, spurt, improvisatore, creature of impulse, extemporaneous, impulsive, indeliberate, snap, improvised, improvisate, improvisatory, unpremeditated, unmeditated, improvise, unprompted, unguided, natural, unguarded, spontaneous, instinctive, extempore, extemporaneously, offhand, impromptu, a limproviste, improviso, on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion, impulse, impulsion, impetus, momentum, push, pulsion, thrust, shove, jog, jolt, brunt, booming, boost, throw, explosion, propulsion, percussion, concussion, collision, occursion, clash, encounter, cannon, carambole, appulse, shock, crash, bump, impact, elan, charge, beating, blow, dint, stroke, knock, tap, rap, slap, smack, pat, dab, fillip, slam, bang, hit, whack, thwack, cuff, squash, dowse, swap, whap, punch, thump, pelt, kick, punce, calcitration, ruade, arietation, cut, thrust, lunge, yerk, carom, carrom, clip, jab, plug, sidewinder, sidewipe, sideswipe, hammer, sledge hammer, mall, maul, mallet, flail, ram, rammer, battering ram, monkey, pile-driving engine, punch, bat, cant hook, cudgel, ax, dynamics, seismometer, accelerometer, earthquake detector, impelling, impulsive, impellent, booming, dynamic, dynamical, impelled, a hit, a very palpable hit.

Taste

N taste, good taste, refined taste, cultivated taste, delicacy, refinement, fine feeling, gust, gusto, tact, finesse, nicety, to prepon, polish, elegance, grace, judgment, discernment, dilettantism, dilettanteism, virtu, fine art, culture, cultivation, aesthetics, man of taste, connoisseur, judge, critic, conoscente, virtuoso, amateur, dilettante, Aristarchus, Corinthian, arbiter elegantiarum, stagirite, euphemist, caviare to the general, in good taste, cute, tasteful, tasty, unaffected, pure, chaste, classical, attic, cultivated, refined, dainty, esthetic, aesthetic, artistic, elegant, euphemistic, to one's taste, to one's mind, after one's fancy, comme il faut, tire a quatre epingles, elegantly, nihil tetigit quod non ornavit, chacun a son gout, oculi pictura tenentur aures cantibus, taste, flavor, gust, gusto, savor, gout, relish, sapor, sapidity, twang, smack, smatch, aftertaste, tang, tasting, degustation, gustation, palate, tongue, tooth, stomach, sapid, saporific, gustable, gustatory, gustful, strong, gamy, palatable.

VB appreciate, judge, criticise, discriminate, taste, savor, smatch, smack, flavor, twang, tickle the palate, smack the lips.