smack

smack1 [ smæk ] verb

1. ) transitive to hit someone with your flat hand or a flat object:

I don't believe it's right to smack children when they're being naughty.

a ) transitive BRITISH INFORMAL to hit someone with your FIST (=closed hand):

He just turned and smacked me in the face.

b ) intransitive or transitive to hit something hard and noisily:

smack into/against etc.: Another car smacked into us from behind.

smack something into/onto/down etc.: She smacked the book down on the desk.

2. ) to kiss someone very loudly

smack your lips

to show that you are enjoying food or drink, or enjoying thinking about it, by making a loud noise with your lips and tongue

`smack of phrasal verb transitive

smack of something to be a sign of something bad:

Going out with him smacks of desperation.

The whole affair smacked of a government cover-up.

smack

smack 2 [ smæk ] noun

▸ 1 a hit with hand/object

▸ 2 loud sound when something hits

▸ 3 loud kiss

▸ 4 illegal drug heroin

▸ 5 small boat for fishing

1. ) count a hit with your flat hand or with a flat object

a ) BRITISH INFORMAL a hit with your FIST

2. ) count a loud sound made when something hits a surface

3. ) count INFORMAL a loud kiss:

smack on: a smack on the lips/cheek

4. ) uncount VERY INFORMAL the illegal drug HEROIN

5. ) count a small boat used for fishing

smack

smack 3 [ smæk ] adverb INFORMAL

1. ) smack or smack-dab exactly in a particular place: SLAP:

The ball hit me smack in the eye.

2. ) noisily and with great force:

The truck reversed smack into the gatepost.