smack

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

1. To get the flavor of.
2. To have a particular taste; used with of.
3. 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

knock

wallop

swat

savor

clap

👏

slapdash

spanking

relish

beat up

whip

tang

lash

swipe

thunder

🌩️

smooch

crack

biff

skag

peck

bang

rap

kiss

😗

nose drops

hell dust

clout

flavour

cuff

tinge

thwack

scag

thrash

scent

slapping

slug

smacker

smacking

smell

👃

smite

spat

knock down

stub

thump

odor

zest

eat noisily

nip

pat

catch

crash

attain

cane

smack-boat

run up against

pelt

encounter

bash

chatter

clack

find

🔍

flog

bolt

reek

big H

score

sapidity

flap

champ

run across

make a noise in eating

candy kiss

lickety cut

all of a sudden

backand

appal

at once

attempt

bid

bop

box

📦

buffet

buss

castigate

champing

chastise

chop

click

clip

club

cluck

clump

condemn

directly

discipline

drop

drug

💊

experience

flick

forthwith

go

gustation

have intercourse

headlong

horrify

immediately

jounce

lam

lick

munch

neck

osculate

outright

palate

presently

punish

punishment

retort

right away

sapor

scourge

sense of taste

sentence

sharply

shock

⚡

slam

slice into

smash

snap

spice

splash

squarely

squelch

straight away

straightway

suddenly

suggestion

suspicion

taint

tendency

therewithal

torture

touch

trace

twang

vanquish

whang

heels over head

slice through

smackeroo

hit against

stroke

slap-bang

Pronounced as (IPA)

/smæk/

Etymology

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.