smack

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A distinct flavor, especially if slight.
2. (countable, uncountable) A slight trace of something; a smattering.
3. (slang, uncountable) Heroin.
4. (Northern-England, countable, uncountable) A form of fried potato; a scallop.

Verb

1. (transitive) To get the flavor of.
2. (intransitive) To have a particular taste; used with of.
3. (intransitive) To indicate or suggest something; used with of.

Verb

1. To slap or hit someone.
2. To make a smacking sound.
3. To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (normal U.S. and Canadian term spank)
4. To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat.
5. To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate.

Adv

As if with a smack or slap; smartly; sharply.

Synonyms

slap

hit

strike

spank

blow

whack

taste

savour

beat

punch

👊

flavor

wallop

knock

swat

savor

slapdash

clap

👏

relish

spanking

swipe

lash

beat up

tang

whip

thwack

scag

tinge

bang

clout

thunder

🌩️

flavour

biff

peck

smooch

crack

nose drops

skag

cuff

hell dust

kiss

😗

rap

scent

thump

slapping

thrash

stub

spat

odor

smacking

smell

👃

Translations

ceffone

gifle

frapper

bofetada

smakken

golpear

schioccare un bacio

picchiare

colpire

slaan

prügeln

schmatzen

Klaps

schlagen

copejar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/smæk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: smac

Inherited from Old English: smæc

Inherited from Middle English: smaken

Cognate with Scots: smak

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Smoak

Cognate with Western Frisian: smaak

Cognate with Dutch: smaak

Cognate with German: Schmack

Cognate with Danish: smag

Cognate with Swedish: -

Cognate with Norwegian: smak

Cognate with Norwegian: smekke

Cognate with Old English: smæċċan

Cognate with Low German: Schmacke

Inherited from Middle English: *smakken

Cognate with Dutch: smakken

Cognate with Western Frisian: smakke

Cognate with Middle Low German: smacken

Cognate with Plautdietsch: schmaksen

Cognate with German: schmatzen

Cognate with German: schmacken

Cognate with Swedish: smak

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: smakmuulje

In summary

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.
Cognate with English dialectal smatch, Scots smak (“scent, smell, taste, flavour”), Saterland Frisian Smoak (“taste”), West Frisian smaak (“taste”), Dutch smaak (“taste”), German Schmack, Geschmack (“taste”), Danish smag (“taste”), Swedish and Norwegian smak (“taste”), Norwegian smekke . Akin to Old English smæċċan (“to taste, smack”). More at smatch.