smack

1. 1.

   deliver a hard blow to

   “The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved”

   Synonymsthwack

   Broaderhit
2. 2.

   have an element suggestive (of something)

   “his speeches smacked of racism”

   “this passage smells of plagiarism”

   Synonymsreeksmell

   Broadersuggest
3. 3.

   have a distinctive or characteristic taste

   “This tastes of nutmeg”

   Synonymstaste

   Broadertaste
4. 4.

   kiss lightly

   Synonymspeck

   Broadersnog
5. 5.

   press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating

   Broaderutter

1. 1.

   directly

   “he ran bang into the pole”

   “ran slap into her”

   Synonymsbangslapslapdashbolt

   colloquialism

Other forms of smack

plural

smacks·

past tense

smacked·

present participle

smacking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about smack

What does smack mean?

smack means "a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)". That is the primary sense; the word has 12 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in smack?

smack has 1 syllable: smack. In IPA it is /ˈsmæk/.

What is another word for smack?

Close synonyms include slap, relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is smack a common word?

smack is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.