Meaning
9 senses(countable, uncountable)A distinct flavor, especially if slight.
rice pudding with a smack of cinnamon
Hauch
вкусvkus
смакsmak
(countable, uncountable)A slight trace of something; a smattering.
Ahnung
при́вкусprívkus, налётnaljót
при́смакprýsmak
(slang, uncountable)Synonym of heroin.
street names for heroin
(Northern England, countable, uncountable)A form of fried potato; a scallop.
A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack.
Schmack
присма́читиprysmáčyty
a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast
(collective)A group of jellyfish.
A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.
шлепо́кšlepók
The sound of a loud kiss.
an enthusiastic kiss
A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
Examples
71 sentencesShe smacked him across the face.
deSie knallte ihm eine.
I'll smack the living daylights out of you!
Tom smacked his lips.
I wanted to smack you.
I saw you smack Tom.
deIch habe gesehen, wie du Tom eine gescheuert hast.
Translations
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Origin
The noun is from Middle English smac, smak, smacke, from Old English smæc, smæċċ (“taste,The noun is from Middle English smac, smak, smacke, from Old English smæc, smæċċ (“taste, smatch”), from Proto-West Germanic *smakku, from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz (“a taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *smegʰ-, *smeg- (“to taste”). The verb is from Middle English smaken. Doublet of smatch (obsolete, “taste”; q.v.), from Old English smæċċan (“to taste, smack”).
From Middle Low German smack (Low German Schmacke, Schmaake (“small ship”)) or Dutch smak, perhaps ultimately related to smakken, imitative of the sails' noise.
From Middle English *smakken, from Middle Dutch smacken (modern Dutch smakken (“to smack, pop, hurl down, crash”)), from Old Dutch *smakkon, from Proto-West Germanic *smak(k)ōn, ultimately of imitative origin.
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Forms
plural: smacksSynonyms
18 synonyms- the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand:smackingslap
- an enthusiastic kiss:smooch
- a blow from a flat object (as an open hand):slap
- street names for heroin:big Hhell dustnose dropsthunderskagscag
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth:relishflavorflavoursapiditysavorsavourniptang
Word family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable