smack

[ US /ˈsmæk/ ]
[ UK /smˈæk/ ]

NOUN

the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
street names for heroin
a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast
an enthusiastic kiss

ADVERB

VERB

deliver a hard blow to
The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved
have an element suggestive (of something)
this passage smells of plagiarism
his speeches smacked of racism
have a distinctive or characteristic taste
This tastes of nutmeg
press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating
kiss lightly

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How To Use smack In A Sentence

Every time I can scrape a few quid together, I smack 'em straight into the premium bonds.
Have you then seen the same old coffin dodger like ten years later and been utterly gobsmacked to see them still alive and kicking?
If you smacked any other person than a child then you would be charged with a level of assault, so why is it legal for a parent to assault a child?
Infused then with the enlightenment only a brutal smackdown from a celestial being can provide, Jacob sets out to make peace with his brother, no matter the cost.
It can also mean smacking it. Positive Parent Power
I want to tell you one thing: I'll take you Times Square later and lay the smackdown on you.
They got started, and I went over and smacked Ron one for being such a feeb.
There was a smack, then the sound of a door closing and locking.
She saw a tube of lipstick out of the corner of her eye and applied it to her lips before smacking them together looking at the result before grimacing and swiping it from her lips.
The guns of the Thunder Child sounded through the reek, going off one after the other, and one shot splashed the water high close by the steamer, ricocheted towards the other flying ships to the north, and smashed a smack to matchwood. The War of The Worlds

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