Smack: Definition and part of speech

Smack

  1. adv. As if with a smack or slap.
  2. n. A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.
  3. v. i. Taste or flavor, esp. a slight taste or flavor; savor; tincture; as, a smack of bitter in the medicine. Also used figuratively.
  4. v. i. A small quantity; a taste.
  5. v. i. A loud kiss; a buss.
  6. v. i. A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
  7. v. i. A quick, smart blow; a slap.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

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