Smack (?), n. [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, n. [OE. smak, AS.
ssm&?;c taste, savor; akin to D. smaak, G.
geschmack, OHG. smac; cf. Lith. smagus pleasant.
Cf. Smack, v. 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, v. 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&?;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, n.]
1. To have a smack; to be tinctured with any
particular taste.
2. To have or exhibit indications of the
presence of any character or quality.
All sects, all ages, smack of this
vice.
Shak.
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, v. 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.
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