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Webster 1913 Edition

Smack

Smack

,
Noun.
[D.
smak
; akin to LG.
smack
,
smak
, Dan.
smakke
, G.
schmacke
, F.
semaque
.]
(Naut.)
A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.

Smack

,
Noun.
[OE.
smak
, AS.
ssm[GREEK]c
taste, savor; akin to D.
smaak
, G. ge
schmack
, OHG.
smac
; cf. Lith.
smagus
pleasant. Cf.
Smack
,
Verb.
I.
]
1.
Taste or flavor, esp. a slight taste or flavor; savor; tincture;
as, a
smack
of bitter in the medicine
. Also used figuratively.
So quickly they have taken a
smack
in covetousness.
Robynson (More’s Utopia).
They felt the
smack
of this world.
Latimer.
2.
A small quantity; a taste.
Dryden.
3.
A loud kiss; a buss.
“A clamorous smack.”
Shak.
4.
A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
5.
A quick, smart blow; a slap.
Johnson.

Smack

,
adv.
As if with a smack or slap.
[Colloq.]

Smack

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Smacked
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Smacking
.]
[OE.
smaken
to taste, have a taste, – from the noun; cf. AS.
smecan
taste; akin to D.
smaken
, G.
schmecken
, OHG.
smechen
to taste, smach[GREEK]n to have a taste (and, derived from the same source, G.
schmatzen
to smack the lips, to kiss with a sharp noise, MHG.
smatzen
,
smackzeen
), Icel.
smakka
to taste, Sw.
smaka
, Dan.
smage
. See 2d
Smack
,
Noun.
]
1.
To have a smack; to be tinctured with any particular taste.
All sects, all ages,
smack
of this vice.
Shakespeare
3.
To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate; to kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.
4.
To make a noise by the separation of the lips after tasting anything.

Smack

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.
2.
To open, as the lips, with an inarticulate sound made by a quick compression and separation of the parts of the mouth; to make a noise with, as the lips, by separating them in the act of kissing or after tasting.
Drinking off the cup, and
smacking
his lips with an air of ineffable relish.
Sir W. Scott.
3.
To make a sharp noise by striking; to crack;
as, to
smack
a whip
.
“She smacks the silken thong.”
Young.

Webster 1828 Edition

Smack

SMACK

,
Verb.
I.
[The primary sense is to throw, to strike, whence to touch or taste;]
1.
To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate; to kiss with violence.
2.
To make a noise by the separation of the lips after tasting any thing.
3.
To have a taste; to be tinctured with any particular taste.
4.
To have a tincture or quality infused. All sects, all ages smack of this vice.

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