smack
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)A distinct flavor, especially if slight.
rice pudding with a smack of cinnamon
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)A slight trace of something; a smattering.
- 3.
(slang, uncountable)Synonym of heroin.
Đồng nghĩa: heroin
- 4.
(Northern England, countable, uncountable)A form of fried potato; a scallop.
- 5.
A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack
- 6.
(collective)A group of jellyfish.
- 7.
A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.
- 8.
The sound of a loud kiss.
- 9.
A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To get the flavor of.
He soon smacked the taste of physic hidden in this sweetness.
- 2.
(intransitive)To have a particular taste; used with of.
1820-25, Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia He had his tea and hot rolls in a morning, while we were battening upon our quarter-of-a-penny loaf — our crug — moistened with attenuated small beer, in wooden piggings, smacking of the pitched leathern jack it was poured from.
- 3.
(intransitive)To indicate or suggest something; used with of.
Her reckless behavior smacks of pride.
Đồng nghĩa: reek
- 4.
To slap or hit someone.
- 5.
To make a smacking sound.
- 6.
(especially outside of North America) To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (normal U.S. and Canadian term spank)
- 7.
To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat.
- 8.
To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate.
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
(not comparable)As if with a smack or slap; smartly; sharply.
Right smack in the middle of getting ready to leave.
She fell smack on her face.
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The noun is from Middle English smac,smak,smacke, from Old English smæc,smæċċ (taste, smatch), from *smakku, from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz (a taste), from Proto-Indo-European *smegʰ-,*smeg- (to taste). The verb is from Middle English smaken. smatch (obsolete, “taste”;), from smæċċan.