smack — ozdic

Collocations

9

1

(noun.)

ADJ

good, hard

VERB + SMACK

give sb, land (sb)

The angry child gave his brother a smack on the arm.

get

PREP

with a ~

He closed the book with a smack and stood up from his desk.

2

(verb.)

ADV

hard

She smacked the ball hard and it flew over the fence.

PREP

on

The teacher smacked her hand on the desk to get the class's attention.

PHRASAL VERBS smack of sth

ADV

strongly, too much

That excuse smacks too much of laziness for anyone to believe it.

a little

Definitions

noun

1

A distinct flavor, especially if slight.

rice pudding with a smack of cinnamon

I did not call him fool, and vex my friend, / But quietly allowed experiment, / Encouraged him to dust his drink, and now / Grate lignum vitæ now bruise so-called grains / Of Paradise, and now, for perfume, pour / Distilment rare, the rose of Jericho, / Holy-thorn, passion-flower, and what know I? / Till beverage obtained the fancied smack.

2

A slight trace of something; a smattering.

He was not sailorly, and yet he had a smack of the sea about him too.

I like my cousins in Holland immensely, but I feel more sib to the Northerners. Your description of Lofoten is fine. I can see them. They must be enchanting in their way, cod's head and tails or no. There is a fine eau de Javelle smack about a Dutch canal, by the way, that takes[…]

3

Heroin.

Claude overdosed on smack in a Chicago flophouse three years later.

4

A form of fried potato; a scallop.

verb

1

To get the flavor of.

He soon smacked the taste of physic hidden in this sweetness.

2

To have a particular taste; used with of.

1820-25, Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia He had his tea and hot rolls in a morning, while we were battening upon our quarter-of-a-penny loaf — our crug — moistened with attenuated small beer, in wooden piggings, smacking of the pitched leathern jack it was poured from.

3

To indicate or suggest something; used with of.

Her reckless behavior smacks of pride.

All sects, all ages, smack of this vice.

noun

1

A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack

But without Union reinforcement, as many men as could be packed into a mere fishing smack could take the fort, Meigs wrote to Washington.

2

A group of jellyfish.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of smacking something

smacking
slap

noun — an enthusiastic kiss

smooch

noun — street names for heroin

noun — the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into

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

slap

verb — deliver a hard blow to

thwack

verb — kiss lightly

peck

verb — have a distinctive or characteristic taste

taste

verb — have an element suggestive (of something)

adverb — directly

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

rice pudding with a smack of cinnamon

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02

I did not call him fool, and vex my friend, / But quietly allowed experiment, / Encouraged him to dust his drink, and now / Grate lignum vitæ now bruise so-called grains / Of Paradise, and now, for pe

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03

But take it: if the smack is sour / The better for the embittered hour; […]

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04

He soon smacked the taste of physic hidden in this sweetness.

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05

1820-25, Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia He had his tea and hot rolls in a morning, while we were battening upon our quarter-of-a-penny loaf — our crug — moistened with attenuated small beer, in wooden p

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06

Her reckless behavior smacks of pride.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, smack is marked as slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.