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单词 smacking
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
smack•ing  (smaking),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. smart, brisk, or strong, as a breeze.
  2. British Terms[Chiefly Brit. Slang.]smashing.
  • smack2 + -ing2 1585–95
smacking•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
smack1 /smæk/USA pronunciation  v. [+ object]
  1. smack of, to have a taste, flavor, or trace of something:The compliment he gave her smacks of condescension.

smack2 /smæk/USA pronunciation   v. 
  1. to strike sharply, esp. with the open hand;
    slap:[+ object]He smacked his forehead with his hand.
  2. to drive or send (something) with a sharp blow or with force: [no object]The car smacked into the wall.[+ object]He smacked his brand new car into the wall.
  3. to close and open (the lips) quickly so as to produce a sharp sound, often as a sign of enjoyment:[+ object]They all sat at her table, smacking their lips.
  4. to kiss with a loud sound:[+ object]She smacked him on the cheek.

n. [countable]
  1. a sharp, loud-sounding blow;
    slap.
  2. a smacking of the lips, as in enjoyment or anticipation.
  3. a loud kiss.

adv. 
  1. Informal Termssuddenly and violently:He drove smack up against the side of the house.
  2. directly;
    straight:The post office is smack in the center of town.

smack4 /smæk/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Drugs, Slang Terms[Slang.]heroin.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
smack1  (smak),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a taste or flavor, esp. a slight flavor distinctive or suggestive of something:The chicken had just a smack of garlic.
  2. a trace, touch, or suggestion of something.
  3. a taste, mouthful, or small quantity.

v.i. 
  1. to have a taste, flavor, trace, or suggestion:Your politeness smacks of condescension.
  • bef. 1000; (noun, nominal) Middle English smacke, Old English smæc; cognate with Middle Low German smak, German Geschmack taste; (verb, verbal) Middle English smacken to perceive by taste, have a (specified) taste, derivative of the noun, nominal; compare German schmacken
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged savor.
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged hint.
    • 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged taste, suggest.

smack2  (smak),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. to strike sharply, esp. with the open hand or a flat object.
  2. to drive or send with a sharp, resounding blow or stroke:to smack a ball over a fence.
  3. to close and open (the lips) smartly so as to produce a sharp sound, often as a sign of relish, as in eating.
  4. to kiss with or as with a loud sound.

v.i. 
  1. to smack the lips.
  2. to collide, come together, or strike something forcibly.
  3. to make a sharp sound as of striking against something.

n. 
  1. a sharp, resounding blow, esp. with something flat.
  2. a smacking of the lips, as in relish or anticipation.
  3. a resounding or loud kiss.

adv. Informal. 
  1. Informal Termssuddenly and violently:He rode smack up against the side of the house.
  2. directly;
    straight:The street runs smack into the center of town.
  • 1550–60; imitative; compare Dutch, Low German smakken, German (dialect, dialectal) schmacken

smack3  (smak),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Nautical, Naval Terms[Eastern U.S.]a fishing vessel, esp. one having a well for keeping the catch alive.
  2. Nautical, Naval Terms[Brit.]any of various small, fully decked, fore-and-aft-rigged vessels used for trawling or coastal trading.
  • Dutch smak
  • 1605–15

smack4  (smak),USA pronunciation n. [Slang.]
  1. Drugs, Slang Termsheroin.
  • Yiddish shmek sniff, whiff; compare Middle High German smecken (German schmecken) to taste)
  • 1960–65; probably special use of smack1; compare earlier slang schmeck with same sense (

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
smack /smæk/ n
  1. a smell or flavour that is distinctive though faint
  2. a distinctive trace or touch: the smack of corruption
  3. a small quantity, esp a mouthful or taste
vb (intransitive) followed by of:
  1. to have the characteristic smell or flavour (of something): to smack of the sea
  2. to have an element suggestive (of something): his speeches smacked of bigotry
Etymology: Old English smæc; related to Old High German smoc, Icelandic smekkr a taste, Dutch smaak
smack /smæk/ vb
  1. (transitive) to strike or slap smartly, with or as if with the open hand
  2. to strike or send forcibly or loudly or to be struck or sent forcibly or loudly
  3. to open and close (the lips) loudly, esp to show pleasure
n
  1. a sharp resounding slap or blow with something flat, or the sound of such a blow
  2. a loud kiss
  3. a sharp sound made by the lips, as in enjoyment
  4. have a smack atinformal chiefly Brit to attempt
  5. smack in the eyeinformal chiefly Brit a snub or setback
adv informal
  1. directly; squarely
  2. with a smack; sharply and unexpectedly
Etymology: 16th Century: from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch smacken, probably of imitative origin
smack /smæk/ n
  1. a slang word for heroin
Etymology: 20th Century: perhaps from Yiddish schmeck
smack /smæk/ n
  1. a sailing vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in coasting and fishing along the British coast
Etymology: 17th Century: from Low German smack or Dutch smak, of unknown origin
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