| Smack (smack) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Smack |
| [D. smak; akin to
LG. smack, smak, Dan. smakke, G. schmacke,
F. semaque.] (Naut.) |
A small sailing vessel,
commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing
trade.
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Taste or flavor, esp. a slight taste or flavor; savor; tincture;
as, a smack of bitter in the medicine. Also used
figuratively.
A small quantity; a taste.
A loud kiss; a buss.
A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when
suddenly separated, or of a whip.
A quick, smart blow; a slap.
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As if with a smack or
slap.
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| Smack (smack) |
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| v. i. | |
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| Smack |
| Icel smakka to taste, Sw. smaka, Dan.
smage. See 2d Smack, n.] |
To have a smack; to be tinctured with any
particular taste.
To have or exhibit indications of the
presence of any character or quality.
To kiss with a close compression of the
lips, so as to make a sound when they separate; to kiss with a sharp
noise; to buss.
To make a noise by the separation of the
lips after tasting anything.
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To
kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.
To open, as the lips, with an inarticulate
sound made by a quick compression and separation of the parts of the
mouth; to make a noise with, as the lips, by separating them in the
act of kissing or after tasting.
To make a sharp noise by striking; to
crack; as, to smack a whip.
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