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 Meaning of SMACK
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[n]  the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand  [n]  an enthusiastic kiss  [n]  a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative  [n]  a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast  [n]  the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth  [n]  a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)  [adv]  (informal) directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"  [v]  eat noisily by smacking one's lips  [v]  deliver a hard blow to; "The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved"  [v]  deliver a smack to; "The teacher smacked the naughty student"  [v]  kiss lightly  [v]  have a distinctive or characteristic taste; "This tastes of nutmeg"  [v]  have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"   |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | bang, bolt, diacetylmorphine, flavor, flavour, H, heroin, horse, junk, peck, reek, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, scag, shit, slap, slap, slap, slapdash, smacking, smooch, tang, taste, thwack |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | blow, blow, bump, buss, buss, eat, evoke, gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, hard drug, hit, kiss, kiss, lemon, lug, lugsail, osculate, osculation, paint a picture, sailing ship, sailing vessel, savor, savour, slap, smacker, spank, suggest, taste, taste perception, taste sensation, vanilla |  |     |  |  Products Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  |  SmackAfter being severely beaten by his father, 14-year-old Tar runs away from home and convinces his girlfriend, Gemma, to join him. They move into a squatter`s residence occupied by two older radicals, but Gemma falls in with a group of heroin users who persuade her and Tar to move in with them. Soon Gemma and Tar are using heroin, and their lives become increasingly desperate. Gemma`s and Tar`s story is told from their own perspective, as well as that of their parents, roommates, and friends. Set in 1980s England, the book is a work of fiction based on actual events.
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\Smack\, n. [D. smak; akin to LG. smack, smak, Dan.
smakke, G. schmacke, F. semaque.] (Naut.)
A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used
chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.
\Smack\, n. [OE. smak, AS. ssm?c taste, savor; akin to D.
smaak, G. geschmack, OHG. smac; cf. Lith. smagus pleasant.
Cf. {Smack}, v. i.]
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.
\Smack\, adv.
As if with a smack or slap. [Colloq.]
\Smack\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Smacked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Smacking}.] [OE. smaken to taste, have a taste, -- from the
noun; cf. AS. smecan taste; akin to D. smaken, G. schmecken,
OHG. smechen to taste, smach?n to have a taste (and, derived
from the same source, G. schmatzen to smack the lips, to kiss
with a sharp noise, MHG. smatzen, smackzeen), Icel smakka to
taste, Sw. smaka, Dan. smage. See 2d {Smack}, n.]
1. To have a smack; to be tinctured with any particular
   taste.
2. To have or exhibit indications of the presence of any
   character or quality.
         All sects, all ages, smack of this vice. --Shak.
3. 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.
4. To make a noise by the separation of the lips after
   tasting anything.
\Smack\, v. t.
1. To kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.
2. 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.
3. To make a sharp noise by striking; to crack; as, to smack
   a whip. ``She smacks the silken thong.'' --Young.
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