smack
1
[ smak ]
/ smæk /
noun
a taste or flavor, especially a slight flavor distinctive or suggestive of something: The chicken had just a smack of garlic.
a trace, touch, or suggestion of something.
a taste, mouthful, or small quantity.
verb (used without object)
to have a taste, flavor, trace, or suggestion: Your politeness smacks of condescension.
Origin of smack
1
before 1000; (noun) Middle English
smacke, Old English
smæc; cognate with Middle Low German
smak, German
Geschmack taste; (v.) Middle English
smacken to perceive by taste, have a (specified) taste, derivative of the noun; compare German
schmacken
Words nearby smack
Definition for smack (2 of 5)
Origin of smack
2
1550–60; imitative; compare Dutch, Low German
smakken, German (dial.)
schmacken
Definition for smack (3 of 5)
smack
3
[ smak ]
/ smæk /
noun
Eastern U.S.
a fishing vessel, especially one having a well for keeping the catch alive.
British.
any of various small, fully decked, fore-and-aft-rigged vessels used for trawling or coastal trading.
Origin of smack
3
First recorded in 1605–15,
smack is from the Dutch word
smak
Definition for smack (4 of 5)
Origin of smack
4
1960–65; probably special use of
smack1; compare earlier slang
schmeck with same sense (< Yiddish
shmek sniff, whiff; compare Middle High German
smecken (German
schmecken) to taste)
Definition for smack (5 of 5)
Henderson
[ hen-der-suh n ]
/ ˈhɛn dər sən /
noun
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British Dictionary definitions for smack (1 of 5)
smack
1
/ (smæk) /
noun
a smell or flavour that is distinctive though faint
a distinctive trace or touch
the smack of corruption
a small quantity, esp a mouthful or taste
verb (intr foll by of)
to have the characteristic smell or flavour (of something)
to smack of the sea
to have an element suggestive (of something)
his speeches smacked of bigotry
Word Origin for smack
Old English
smæc; related to Old High German
smoc, Icelandic
smekkr a taste, Dutch
smaak
British Dictionary definitions for smack (2 of 5)
smack
2
/ (smæk) /
verb
noun
adverb informal
directly; squarely
with a smack; sharply and unexpectedly
Word Origin for smack
C16: from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch
smacken, probably of imitative origin
British Dictionary definitions for smack (3 of 5)
Word Origin for smack
C20: perhaps from Yiddish
schmeck
British Dictionary definitions for smack (4 of 5)
smack
4
/ (smæk) /
noun
a sailing vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in coasting and fishing along the British coast
a fishing vessel equipped with a well for keeping the catch alive
Word Origin for smack
C17: from Low German
smack or Dutch
smak, of unknown origin
British Dictionary definitions for smack (5 of 5)
Henderson
/ (ˈhɛndəsən) /
noun
Arthur. 1863–1935, British Labour politician. As foreign secretary (1929–31) he supported the League of Nations and international disarmament; Nobel peace prize 1934
Medical definitions for smack
smack
[ smăk ]
n.
Heroin.