smack
1. a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
• Syn:
slap
• Derivationally related forms:
slap (for: slap)
• Hypernyms:
blow, bump
2. a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast
• Hypernyms:
sailing vessel, sailing ship
3. an enthusiastic kiss
• Syn:
smooch
• Derivationally related forms:
smooch (for: smooch)
• Hypernyms:
kiss, buss, osculation
• Hyponyms:
smacker
4. the act of smacking something;
a blow delivered with an open hand
• Syn:
smacking, slap
• Derivationally related forms:
slap (for: slap), smack (for: smacking)
• Hypernyms:
blow
• Hyponyms:
spank
5. the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
• Syn:
relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor,
savour, nip, tang
• Derivationally related forms:
tangy (for: tang), nippy (for: nip), savoury (for: savour), savour (for: savour), savor (for: savor), flavourous (for: flavour), flavour (for: flavour), flavorous (for: flavor), flavor (for: flavor)
• Hypernyms:
taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception
• Hyponyms:
lemon, vanilla
6. street names for heroin
• Syn:
big H, hell dust, nose drops, thunder, skag, scag
• Usage Domain:
street name
• Hypernyms:
heroin, diacetylmorphine
1. deliver a hard blow to (Freq. 2)
- The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved
• Syn:
thwack
• Derivationally related forms:
thwack (for: thwack), smacker, smacking
• Hypernyms:
hit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- The fighter managed to smack his opponent
2. have an element suggestive (of something) (Freq. 1)
- his speeches smacked of racism
- this passage smells of plagiarism
• Syn:
reek, smell
• Hypernyms:
suggest, evoke, paint a picture
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
3. have a distinctive or characteristic taste
- This tastes of nutmeg
• Syn:
taste
• Derivationally related forms:
taste (for: taste), tasting (for: taste)
• Hypernyms:
taste, savor, savour
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
4. kiss lightly
• Syn:
peck
• Hypernyms:
snog, kiss, buss, osculate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Sam cannot smack Sue
5. press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating
• Hypernyms:
utter, emit, let out, let loose
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
directly
- he ran bang into the pole
- ran slap into her
• Syn:
bang, slap, slapdash, bolt
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
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