Meaning

8 senses

  1. (transitive)To get the flavor of.

  2. (intransitive)To have a particular taste; used with of.

    have a distinctive or characteristic taste

  3. (intransitive)To indicate or suggest something; used with of.

    Her reckless behavior smacks of pride.

  4. To slap or hit someone.

    шлёпатьšljópatʹ, шлёпнутьšljópnutʹ

    ля́снутиljásnuty

  5. To make a smacking sound.

  6. To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (normal U.S. and Canadian term spank)

  7. To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat.

    чмо́катьčmókatʹ, чмо́кнутьčmóknutʹ, причмо́киватьpričmókivatʹ

    чмо́кнутиčmóknuty

  8. To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate.

    чмокнутьčmoknutʹ

    цмо́кнутиcmóknuty, чпо́кнутиčpóknuty

Examples

71 sentences

  1. She smacked him across the face.

    deSie knallte ihm eine. — freddy1

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  2. I'll smack the living daylights out of you!

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  3. Tom smacked his lips.

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  4. I wanted to smack you.

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  5. I saw you smack Tom.

    deIch habe gesehen, wie du Tom eine gescheuert hast. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
to slap someone:
to wetly separate the lips making a noise:
to kiss with a sound:
Русский
By meaning 3
to slap someone:
to wetly separate the lips making a noise:
to kiss with a sound:

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 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

smacks, smacking, smacked, smacked
Base formsmack · to smack
3rd person singularsmacks
Present participlesmacking
Past simplesmacked
Past participlesmacked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysmack
he, she, itsmacks

Past simpleLesson

all personssmacked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave smacked
he, she, ithas smacked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill smack

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

5 synonyms
reek
Close in meaning
  • deliver a hard blow to:thwack
  • kiss lightly:peck
  • have a distinctive or characteristic taste:taste
  • have an element suggestive (of something):reeksmell

Word family

15 related words
Relatedsmackersmacking
Derivedgobsmackinglip-smackingsmackablesmack aroundsmack downsmackdownsmackeesmackinglysmack outsmacksmansmack upsmackyunsmacked

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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