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Definition of smack noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

smack

noun
 
/smæk/
 
/smæk/
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  1. [countable] (especially British English) a sharp hit given with your open hand, especially to a child as a punishment
    • You'll get a smack on your backside if you're not careful.
    • He longed to land her a good smack in the face.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • firm
    • good
    • hard
    verb + smack
    • give somebody
    • land (somebody)
    • get
    preposition
    • with a smack
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  2. [countable] (informal) a hard hit given with a closed hand synonym punch
    • a smack on the jaw
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • firm
    • good
    • hard
    verb + smack
    • give somebody
    • land (somebody)
    • get
    preposition
    • with a smack
    See full entry
  3. [countable, usually singular] a short loud sound
    • She closed the ledger with a smack.
    • She brought her hand down on the water with a smack.
  4. [countable] (informal) a loud kiss
    • a smack on the lips/cheek
  5. [uncountable] (slang) the drug heroin
    • smack addicts
    Topics Social issuesc2
  6. [countable] (British English) a small fishing boatTopics Transport by waterc2
  7. Word Originnoun senses 1 to 4 mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘part (one's lips) noisily’): from Middle Dutch smacken, of imitative origin; compare with German schmatzen ‘eat or kiss noisily’. noun sense 5 1940s: probably an alteration of Yiddish shmek ‘a sniff’. noun sense 6 early 17th cent.: from Dutch smak, of unknown ultimate origin.
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