smack

noun · verb · adverbA2

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noun
Plural noun:
smacks
  1. 1.

    (countable, uncountable)A distinct flavor, especially if slight.

    rice pudding with a smack of cinnamon

  2. 2.

    (countable, uncountable)A slight trace of something; a smattering.

  3. 3.

    (slang, uncountable)Synonym of heroin.

    Đồng nghĩa: heroin

  4. 4.

    (Northern England, countable, uncountable)A form of fried potato; a scallop.

  5. 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. 6.

    (collective)A group of jellyfish.

  7. 7.

    A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.

  8. 8.

    The sound of a loud kiss.

  9. 9.

    A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.

Động từ

verb
V_es/s
smacks
V_ing/Gerund
smacking
V_ed/pp
smacked
  1. 1.

    (transitive)To get the flavor of.

    He soon smacked the taste of physic hidden in this sweetness.

  2. 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. 3.

    (intransitive)To indicate or suggest something; used with of.

    Her reckless behavior smacks of pride.

    Đồng nghĩa: reek

  4. 4.

    To slap or hit someone.

  5. 5.

    To make a smacking sound.

  6. 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. 7.

    To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat.

  8. 8.

    To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate.

Trạng từ

adverb
  1. 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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Nguồn gốc từ

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.

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