smack
smack is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 13 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Taste or flavor, esp. a slight taste or flavor; savor; tincture; as, a smack of bitter in the medicine. Also used figuratively. So quickly they have taken a smack in covetousness. Robynson (More's Utopia). They felt the smack of this world. Latimer.
- 2.A small quantity; a taste. Dryden.
- 3.A loud kiss; a buss. "A clamorous smack." Shak.
- 4.A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
- 5.A quick, smart blow; a slap. Johnson.
- 6.As if with a smack or slap. [Colloq.]
- 7.To have a smack; to be tinctured with any particular taste.
- 8.To have or exhibit indications of the presence of any character or quality. All sects, all ages, smack of this vice. Shak.
- 9.To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate; to kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.
- 10.To make a noise by the separation of the lips after tasting anything.
- 11.To kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.
- 12.To open, as the lips, with an inarticulate sound made by a quick compression and separation of the parts of the mouth; to make a noise with, as the lips, by separating them in the act of kissing or after tasting. Drinking off the cup, and smacking his lips with an air of ineffable relish. Sir W. Scott.
- 13.To make a sharp noise by striking; to crack; as, to smack a whip. "She smacks the silken thong." Young.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- aftertaste
- agreeable
- ambrosia
- ambrosial
- and
- animal
- appetite
- appetizer
- appetizing
- bask
- bed
- bocca
- bodily
- bonne
- bouche
- clover
- comfort
- comfortable
- cosy
- creature
- cup
- dainty
- degustation
- delectable
- delicacy
- delicate
- delicatessen
- delicious
- deliciousness
- delightful
- dissipation
- drink
- ease
- eat
- enjoy
- enjoyment
- experience
- exquisite
- fat
- feast
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is smack.
- What is a loud kiss; a buss. "A clamorous smack." Shak called?
- What is a quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip called?
- What is to have a smack; to be tinctured with any particular taste called?
- What is to have or exhibit indications of the presence of any character or quality. All sects, all ages, smack of this vice. Shak called?
- What is to kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate; to kiss with a sharp noise; to buss called?
- What is to make a noise by the separation of the lips after tasting anything called?
- What is to make a sharp noise by striking; to crack; as, to smack a whip. "She smacks the silken thong." Young called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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