smack has definitions from the fields of medicine,pharmacology,nautical,transportation,psychology,food
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[ verb ] deliver a hard blow to

Synonyms

thwack

Examples

"The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved"

Used in print

(Jay Williams, The Forger....)

There was the freshness of color , the freedom of perception , the lack of self-consciousness , but with a twist that made the forms leap from the page and smack you in the eye .

(Samuel Elkin, "The Ball Player," Nugget, 6: 5...)

Then , in the fifth , Anniston 's kid catcher caught onto a curve and smacked the ball into left center_field .

Related terms

hit thwack smacker

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[ verb ] have an element suggestive (of something)

Synonyms

reek

Examples

"his speeches smacked of racism"

Used in print

(The New York Times...)

They might well indicate conjugal felicity , but in musical terms that smack of Hollywood .

Related terms

suggest

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[ noun ] (nautical,transportation) a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast

Related terms

sailing_vessel

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[ noun ] (psychology,food) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
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[ noun ] an enthusiastic kiss

Synonyms

smooch

Related terms

kiss smacker smooch

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[ noun ] a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)

Synonyms

slap

Related terms

bump

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[ verb ] (food) eat noisily by smacking one's lips

Related terms

eat

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[ verb ] (food) deliver a smack to

Examples

"The teacher smacked the naughty student"

Related terms

eat

9
[ verb ] kiss lightly

Synonyms

peck

Related terms

kiss

10
[ verb ] have a distinctive or characteristic taste

Synonyms

taste

Examples

"This tastes of nutmeg"

Related terms

taste relish taste

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[ noun ] (medicine,pharmacology) a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative; intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rush

Related terms

hard_drug opiate big_h lugsail

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[ adverb ] (informal) directly

Synonyms

bang bolt slapdash slap

Examples

"he ran bang into the pole" "ran slap into her"

Related terms

colloquialism

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[ noun ] (medicine,pharmacology) street names for heroin

Related terms

H

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 28316
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[ noun ] the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

Synonyms

slap smacking

Related terms

blow spank slap

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