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   smack

   /smak/

   noun

   • 1. a sharp slap or blow, typically one given with the palm of the hand: "she gave Mark a smack across the face" Similar slapblowspankcuffcloutthumppunchrapswatthwackcrackinformal:whackclipbiffwallopswipebopbeltbashsock
   • ▪ a loud, sharp sound: "she closed the ledger with a smack" Similar bangcrashthudthumpwham
   • ▪ a loud kiss: "I was saluted with two hearty smacks on my cheeks" Similar kisspeckinformal:smacker

   verb

   • 1. strike (someone or something), typically with the palm of the hand and as a punishment: "Jessica smacked his face, quite hard" Similar slaphitstrikespankcuffcloutthumppunchrapswatthwackcrackput someone over one's kneemake someone feel the back of one's handbox someone's earsinformal:whackclipwallopbiffswipebopbeltbashsockgive someone a hidingwarm someone's bottomgive someone a hot bottomsloshskelpscudboffslugbustdongquiltarchaic:smite
   • ▪ smash, drive, or put forcefully into or on to something: "he smacked a fist into the palm of a black-gloved hand" Similar bangslamcrashthumpslingflinginformal:bungplonkplunk
   • 2. part (one's lips) noisily in eager anticipation or enjoyment of food or drink: "Morgan drank half the Scotch and smacked his lips"
   • 3. crack (a whip): archaic "the four postilions smacked their whips in concert"

   adverb

   • 1. in a sudden and violent way: "I ran smack into the back of a parked truck"
   • 2. exactly; precisely: "our mother's house was smack in the middle of the city"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘part (one's lips) noisily’): from Middle Dutch smacken, of imitative origin; compare with German schmatzen ‘eat or kiss noisily’.

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