English dictionary
smack
adverbAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adverb
- directly
noun
- the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
noun
- an enthusiastic kiss
noun
- street names for heroin
noun
- a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast
noun
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
noun
- a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
verb
- press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating
verb
- deliver a hard blow to
verb
- kiss lightly
verb
- have a distinctive or characteristic taste
verb
- have an element suggestive (of something)
Example sentences
he ran bang into the pole
ran slap into her
The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved
This tastes of nutmeg
his speeches smacked of racism
this passage smells of plagiarism