1. Hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand
   "The impatient teacher smacked the student";
   - slap
    
2. Deliver a hard blow to
   "The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved";
   - thwack
    
3. Kiss lightly
   "She smacked him on the cheek";
   - peck [informal]
    
4. Press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating
   "The child smacked his lips while enjoying the ice cream"
    
5. Have an element suggestive (of something)
   "his speeches smacked of racism";
   - reek, smell
    
6. Have a distinctive or characteristic taste
   "This smacks of nutmeg";
   - taste

1. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
   "He received a smack for his rude behaviour";
   - slap
    
2. The act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
   "Her smack on the arm work him up";
   - slap
    
3. [informal] An enthusiastic kiss
   "She gave him a loud smack on the cheek";
    
4. A slight but appreciable amount
   "this dish could use a smack of garlic";
   - touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupçon
    
5. The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
   "The sauce had a smack of vinegar";
   - relish, flavor [US], flavour [Brit, Cdn], sapidity, savor [US], savour [Brit, Cdn], nip, tang
    
6. A sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast
   "The fishermen set out to sea in their sturdy smack"
    
7. [slang] A street name for heroin
   "The police were investigating dealers selling smack in the neighbourhood";
   - big H [slang], hell dust [slang], nose drops [slang], thunder [slang], skag [slang], scag [slang]

1. Directly
   "he ran smack into the pole";
   - bang, slap

Derived forms: smacked, smacking, smacks

Type of: blow, bump, buss [N. Amer, informal], conjure, conjure up, diacetylmorphine, diamorphine, emit, evoke, gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, heroin, hit, junk [informal], kiss, let loose, let out, osculate [formal], osculation [formal], sailing ship, sailing vessel, savor [US], savour [Brit, Cdn], small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, strike, suggest, taste, taste perception, taste sensation, utter

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