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Meanings of smack in English

Spanish
directo
Wikidata

Directly.

directo
Portuguese
palmada
Catalan
surra
Spanish
torta
Wikidata

The act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand.

palmada
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Examples for "smacking"
Examples for "smacking"
1
We must have had a bad connection: I distinctly heard lip smacking.
A fugitive truth: an emma fielding mystery
2
But only for a moment; the next, he was smacking his lips.
A Man and His Money
3
Their owners had been attentive, with questions smacking of meaningful Internet surfing.
Love is the best medicine: what two dogs taught one veterinarian...
4
Cursing loudly, I jumped, my left hand smacking out against the glass.
Ashes and bones: an emma fielding mystery
5
I heard their smacking footsteps and the sound of something more distant.
Beyond exile: day by day armageddon
Portuguese
sabor
Catalan
sabor
Spanish
sabor

The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth.

sabor
Spanish
trueno

Street names for heroin.

trueno
Usage of smack in English
1
It may read thin here; it would smack racily in the playroom.
Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin
2
Lives alone in a long, low building right smack on the water.
My Name is Legion
3
So I gave her a good, solid smack in the same place.
After midnight
4
I wanted to smack Frieda for being happy about anything right now.
The accidental demon slayer
5
The strong urge I had to smack her must have been obvious.
Dangerous Women
6
His back gate opens smack in the face of our front one.
The Hollow of Her Hand
7
The smack that was leading was coming up directly in our wake.
Humphrey Bold: A Story of the Times of Benbow
8
Meleagros stiffened; he looked as though he wanted to smack the Roman.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
9
His hands smack against the hallway as he feels his way along.
Real life & liars
10
Nowadays our celebrations smack of the Sunday-school more than of the dancing-hall.
Over the Teacups
11
The Raven dislikes all animal food that has not a deathy smack.
Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2
12
She heard the smack of the kiss, but she did not move.
A Dominie in Doubt
13
Stiorna would say that the demon will smack his lips over it.
Feats on the Fiord / The third book in "The Playfellow"
14
He could have meant anything from a warship to a fishing smack.
Coalition's End
15
I mean to own my smack at the end of this voyage.
Ensign Knightley, and Other Stories
16
There it was, simple and painful as a smack in the gob.
Quicksilver
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common