smackn.¹

Brit.

/smak/, U.S.

/smæk/

Forms: Old English smæc, Middle English smac ( Orm. smacc), Middle English–1500s smak (1500s smake), Middle English–1500s smakke, Middle English–1600s smacke, 1500s– smack.

Etymology: Old English smæc , = Old Frisian smek , Middle Dutch smac , Middle Low German smak (Low German smakk , schmakk ; also Swedish smak , Danish smag ), Old High German and Middle High German smac , smach (German dialect schmack ; compare German geschmack ). Slightly different in formation are Old Frisian smaka (West Frisian smaek ), Middle Dutch smake (Kilian smaeck ; Dutch smaak ), Middle Low German smake (Low German smâk , schmaak ). See also smatch n.¹

I. A taste, tinge, or suggestion.

a. A taste or flavour; the distinctive or peculiar taste of something, or a special flavour distinguishable from this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [noun]

smacka1000

savour?c1225

relesec1330

tastea1382

sentimentc1400

smatchc1400

taragec1407

tangc1440

weffec1440

tallage14..

sapor1477

verdurea1513

verdour1526

relish1530

verder1532

gustc1540

waft1542

smacker1549

talent1550

tack1602

tache1607

tincture1610

twang1611

foretaster1632

flavour1693

gusto1713

goût1751

saporosity1794

gustativeness1827

savouring1840

sipidity1880

palate1973

a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 225 Dulcis sapor, i. dulcis odor, swete smæc.

c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 455 Nectar,..þone swetan smæc.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 14294 Swa summ þeȝȝ waterr wærenn. Off wikke smacc.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1653 Forr witt. & skill iss wel inoh Þurrh salltess smacc bitacnedd.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 112 Þet is kynges mete huerinne byeþ ech manyere lykinges and alle guode smackes.

a1400 Stockh. Medical MS. ii. 608 in Anglia XVIII. 322 Of hennebane arn spycys iij..Alle wyll sauour an hidhows smak.

a1505 R. Henryson Sum Pract. Med. 60 in Poems (1981) 181 It wilbe the softar and sweittar of the smak.

a1550 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 128 Thowgh peper be blak, it hath a good smak.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lxxxv. 263 The leaues..are of a very strong and pleasant sauour, and good smacke or taste.

1606 J. Carpenter Schelomonocham xxviii. f. 118 Those vessels will long retaine and yeeld the smack of that liquor which was in them first steeped.

1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 117 Every Plant has a smack of the Root.

1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 1 Midling Ale..that hath no burnt, musty, or otherwise ill smack.

1763 C. Churchill Rosciad in Poems I. 24 And Boniface, disgrac'd, betrays the smack..of Falstaff's sack.

1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 21 It possesses a dull, acidulous, offensive smack, and an empyreumatic smell.

1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iv. 245 And now, for perfume, pour Distilment rare,..Till beverage obtained the fancied smack.

b. figurative or in figurative context.

ΚΠ

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 177 Efterward me ssel lete þane smak of zenne.

1593 in Lyly's Wks. (1902) III. 451 Experience bids me..champe the bridle of a bitter smacke.

1690 J. Dryden Amphitryon i. i. 2 He's constant to an handsom Family: He knows when they have a good smack with 'em.

1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xiii. 25 There are works of all tastes and smacks.

†c. Pleasant or agreeable taste or relish. Obsolete.

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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > savouriness > [noun] > relish

smack1573

relish1599

gust1649

hogo1653

zest1704

zing1956

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 55^v Least doue & the cadow, there finding a smack: with stormie il weather, do perish thy stack.

1600 C. Tourneur Transformed Metamorph. sig. B8 If this sweet sinne still feedes him with her smacke.

†2. Scent, odour, smell. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [noun]

smacka1000

breathOE

smella1175

irea1300

weffea1300

thefa1325

relesec1330

odour?c1335

incensea1340

flair1340

savoura1350

smellingc1386

flavourc1400

fumec1400

reflairc1400

air?a1439

scent?1473

taste?c1475

verdure1520

senteur1601

waft1611

effluvium1656

fluor1671

burning scent1681

aura1732

fumet1735

snuff1763

olfacient1822

odouret1825

waff1827

gush1841

sniff1844

tang1858

nose1894

a1000 [see sense 1a].

c1250 Owl & Night. 823 Þenne is þes hundes smel fordo; he not þurh þe meynde smak hweþer he schal vorþ þe abak.

1549 E. Allen tr. L. Juda Paraphr. Reuelacion S. John f. 19, in M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II A cat of y^e mountayne.., whiche with her smacke and savour, draweth many beastes unto her.

a. transferred. A trace, tinge, or suggestion of something specified.Common c1570–1680, and in modern use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a slight touch or trace

specec1330

taste1390

lisounc1400

savourc1400

smatcha1500

smell?a1505

spice1531

smack1539

shadow1586

surmise1586

relish1590

tang1593

touch1597

stain1609

tincture1612

dasha1616

soula1616

twanga1640

whiff1644

haut-goût1650

casta1661

stricturea1672

tinge1736

tinct1752

vestige1756

smattering1764

soupçon1766

smutch1776

shade1791

suspicion1809

lineament1811

trait1815

tint1817

trace1827

skiff1839

spicing1844

smudgea1871

ghost1887

1539 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 173 To powre in som smak of the pure lernying of Cristes doctrine amonges them.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 138^v Whatsoeuer commeth of an olde stocke, hath lightly a smack of his olde parentes imperfection.

1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus ii. vi Good faith, the boy begins to haue an elegant smack of my stile.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. viii. 181 The others were suspected to have a smack of the Imperiall faction.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 233/1 The Orcadians..use the Gothish Language, which they derive from the Norwegians,..of whose qualities they still have a smack.

1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) II. 75 Graceful poems—not the less attractive for a slight smack of the workshop.1874 F. C. Burnand My Time xxix. 280 A smack of real earnestness in his tone.

†b. A slight or superficial knowledge; a smattering. Chiefly in to have a smack of, at, or in something. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > have slight knowledge [verb (intransitive)]

smatter1530

to have a smack of, at, or in1551

superficialize1656

(a)

1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Aii^v If it be one that hath a lytell smacke of learnynge.

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxvii. 143 Bycause they haue some petie smak of their booke.

a1630 F. Moryson in Shakespeare's Europe (1903) ii. v. 229 Hauing gott a smacke of the grownds of our lawe.

c1692 J. Coad Mem. Wonderful Provid. (1849) 104 A very young man..who had got a smack of the Latin tongue.

1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. ii. 64 I learned a smack of boxing of that Englishman.

(b)1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 62^v Whereby hee may..haue in all sciences a smacke [printed smcake], whereby he maye readily dispute of any thing.1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus iii. i He hath also a smacke in poetry.1679 ‘M. Mason’ Tickler Tickled 2 For Padge hath a Smack at Latin, but let them English it that will.

c. A mere tasting, a small quantity, of liquor; a mouthful. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount

speckc725

littleOE

somethingc1200

lutewihtc1230

little whatc1384

ouncec1387

lap1393

smalla1400

modicumc1400

nekedc1400

spota1413

tinec1420

nieveful?a1425

handfulc1443

mouthful?c1450

smatchc1456

weec1480

quern1503

halfpennyworth1533

groatsworth1562

dram1566

shellful1578

trickle1580

snatch1592

sprinkling1594

fleck1598

snip1598

pittance1600

lick1603

fingerful1604

modicum1606

thimbleful1607

flash1614

dasha1616

pipa1616

pickle1629

drachm1635

cue1654

smack1693

starn1720

bit1753

kenning1787

minikin1787

tate1805

starnie1808

sprat1815

harl1821

skerrick1825

smallums1828

huckleberry1832

scrimp1840

thimble1841

smite1843

nattering1859

sensation1859

spurt1859

pauchlea1870

mention1891

sketch1894

sputterings1894

scrappet1901

titch1937

tad1940

skosh1959

smattering1973

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > a drink of > small drink

snack1685

smack1693

drop1699

tiff1727

toothfula1774

caulker1808

caulk1834

nobbler1842

spot1917

1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires iv. 50 He 'says the Wimble, often draws it back, And deals to thirsty Servants but a smack.

1759 J. Townley High Life below Stairs ii. 40 He has had a Smack of every Sort of Wine.

1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide (ed. 2) Epil. iii. 135 May I venture to give Her a Smack of my Muse?

1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 18 A relish of the Marquis's well-known kitchen, and a smack of his superior Champagne and Burgundy.

1865 J. Hatton Bitter Sweets iii We'll just have one smack of the liquor before you're off to Helswick.

d. A touch or suggestion of something having a characteristic odour or taste.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [noun] > slight

smack1846

1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) vii. 61 There was a smack of stabling in the air of Princess's Place.

1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters ii. ii. 72 A rough smack of resin was in the air.

1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xxxi. 320 A gentle breeze, sweet with the smack of the country.

II. The faculty of taste; inclination.

†4.

a. The sense or faculty of taste. Obsolete.So Old Frisian smek, German (ge)schmack, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [noun] > sense of taste

smacka1200

smatcha1200

smatching?c1225

swallow1340

swallowing1340

tastec1380

toothc1386

palatea1398

chewinga1400

savouringc1405

gustc1430

tallage1557

relish1605

a1200 Vices & Virtues 17 Ȝesihthe, ȝeherhþe, smac, and smell, and tactþe.

†b. figurative. Delight or enjoyment; inclination, relish. Chiefly in phrases. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > [noun] > relish

smack1340

relisha1591

taste1604

zest1758

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 33 He..to-ualþ ine þa slacnesse þet he ne heþ smak, ne deuocion, wel to done.

1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Piii So quyckelye they haue taken a smacke in couetesenes.

1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 105^v Philautus had taken such a smack in y^e good entertainment.

1609 Euerie Woman in her Humor ii. i I haue no appetite at all to live in the countrie.., now, as they say, I have got a smacke on the Cittie.

1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote iii. I. xi. 231 She hath a very great Smack of Courtship, and plays with every one.

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smackn.²

Brit.

/smak/, U.S.

/smæk/

Forms: Also 1500s smacke.

Etymology: Related to smack v.² Compare Middle Dutch smack (Kilian smacke; Dutch and Frisian smak), Low German smacke, German dialect schmacke; also Danish smæk, Swedish smäck.

a. A sharp noise or sound made by separating the lips quickly, esp. in kissing, and in tasting or anticipating food or liquor.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [noun] > sound of kiss or smacking of lips

smick-smack?1550

smack1570

smacking1628

poppism1653

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > eating noisily

smack1570

slurp1949

slup1952

slurping1960

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Aii/2 Y^e Smack of a kisse, suauium.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. iii. 51 Hee..kist her lips with such a clamorous smacke, that at the parting all the Church did eccho.

1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper i. i. 3 She has a notable Smack with her! I believe Zeal first taught the Art of Kissing close.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 508. ⁋3 Tasting the Wine with a judicious Smack.

1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 142 The Dogs may lick it with a sav'ry Smack.

1838 D. Jerrold Men of Char. (1851) 10 She..gave me such a salute, a team two fields away went gallop off at the smack.

1878 R. Browning Two Poets of Croisic in La Saisiaz & Two Poets of Croisic 116 With smack of lip, and long-drawn sigh through teeth Close clenched o'er satisfaction.

b. A loud or sounding kiss.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > kiss > [noun] > loud or sounding kiss

smack1604

smacker1775

1604 T. Middleton Blacke Bk. in Wks. (1885) VIII. 24 The slave..bussed the bawd for joy: when presently I left them in the midst of their wicked smack.

1651 J. Cleveland Poems (Wing C4684) 2 Love prints her Signets in her smacks, Those Ruddy drops of squeezing wax.

1729 J. Gay Polly ii. ix. 44 Come, noble captain, take one hearty smack upon her lips, and then steer off.

1786 A. M. Bennett Juvenile Indiscretions I. 97 Giving the females first a warm smack round.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 39 ‘Whisht! whisht! gudewife,’ said her husband, with a smack that had much more affection than ceremony in it.

in extended use.1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. viii. 297 Bestowing such hearty smacks upon the bottle, as to empty it very shortly.

2. The crack of a whip, lash, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [noun] > crack or snap > of whip

yark1555

whip-cracking1775

smack1781

whip-crack1893

1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 519 Thy soldiery..Were train'd beneath his lash, and knew the smack.

1803 tr. G. C. A. Pigault-Lebrun Monsieur Botte II. 10 Five or six smacks of a whip roused their attention.

1825 Sporting Mag. 17 36 Old coachmen..like a smack of the whip.

1901 Daily Express 28 Feb. 6/7 At the first swishing smack of the lash.

a. A sounding blow delivered with the flat of the hand or something having a flat surface; a slap.Also figurative. a smack in the face, a sharp rebuff; a smack in the eye.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > blow struck with an object or instrument > with something flat

clap?14..

patc1425

skelpc1440

plata1522

slat1611

slapping1632

slap1648

flop1662

smack1775

smacker1775

skelping1818

spat1823

spatting1840

the mind > language > statement > refusal > [noun] > a denial or refusal > rebuff

rebuff1582

affrontment1611

backslap1828

marching orders1856

a slap in (or on) the face, in the eye, on the wrist1861

rebuffal1887

a smack in the face1895

brush1941

brush-off1941

a smack in the eye1941

1775 ‘T. Bobbin’ Misc. Wks. 58 Th' bigger Rascot shou'd ha' th bigger smacks, on moor on um.

1789 J. Wolcot Poet. Epist. to falling Minister 26 Just now and then a gentle smack, T' inform his Royal colt what Being rode him.

1827 G. Higgins Celtic Druids 128 A naughty or saucy boy, at school, often gets a smack on the face.

1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped iii. 20 He jumped up..and hit me a smack upon the shoulder.

1895 A. W. Pinero Second Mrs. Tanqueray iii. 105 One gets so many smacks in the face through interfering in matrimonial squabbles.

1930 A. P. Herbert Water Gipsies viii. 84 ‘I'm leaving here.’ ‘Leaving us, Mr. Bryan?’ Jane thought ‘Oh, Lord, another smack in the face!’

1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 68 Smack in the eye, a, a disappointment, a refusal, a rebuff.

1949 E. Coxhead Wind in West vii. 191 Well, but it was a nice smack in the face! To keep him, with all his experience..so completely in the dark.

1958 I. Cross God Boy xii. 98 I could tell that what he said was supposed to be a smack in the eye for me.

b. A vigorous or powerful hit with a cricket-bat.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > types of stroke

long ball1744

nip1752

catch1816

no-hit1827

cut1833

short hit1833

draw1836

drive1836

square hit1837

skylarker1839

skyer1840

skyscraper1842

back-cut1845

bum1845

leg sweep1846

slog1846

square cut1850

driver1851

Harrow drive1851

leg slip1852

poke1853

snick1857

snorter1859

leg stroke1860

smite1861

on-drive1862

bump ball1864

rocketer1864

pull1865

grass trimmer1867

late cut1867

off-drive1867

spoon1871

push1873

push stroke1873

smack1875

Harrow drive1877

pull-stroke1880

leg glance1883

gallery-hit1884

boundary-stroke1887

glide1888

sweep1888

boundary1896

hook1896

leg glide1896

backstroke1897

flick1897

hook stroke1897

cover-drive1898

straight drive1898

square drive1900

edger1905

pull-drive1905

slash1906

placing stroke1907

push drive1912

block shot1915

if-shot1920

placing shot1921

cow-shot1922

mow1925

Chinese cut1937

haymaker1954

hoick1954

perhapser1954

air shot1956

steepler1959

mishook1961

swish1963

chop-

1875 James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Ann. i. iv. 26 Two tremendous ‘smacks’ over the chains sent the crowd into raptures.

c. colloquial. A slap or go at something.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > an attempt

tastec1330

assayc1386

proffera1400

proof?a1400

pluck?1499

saymenta1500

minta1522

attemptate1531

attempt1548

attemption1565

say1568

trice1579

offer1581

fling1590

tempt1597

essay1598

trial1614

tentative1632

molition1643

conamen1661

put1661

tentamen1673

conatus1722

shot1756

go1784

ettle1790

shy1824

hack1830

try1832

pop1839

slap1840

venture1842

stagger1865

flutter1874

whack1884

whirl1884

smack1889

swipe1892

buck1913

lash1941

wham1957

play1961

1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 Dec. 2/2 I am longing to have a smack at these Matabeles.

†4. (See quot. 1798) Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1798 J. Austen Let. 25 Nov. (1995) 22 The ball on Thursday was a very small one indeed, hardly so large as an Oxford smack.

Compounds

smackwarm n. (see quot. 1922).Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xi. [Sirens] 256 She let free..her nipped elastic garter smackwarm against her smackable a woman's warmhosed thigh.

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smackn.³

Brit.

/smak/, U.S.

/smæk/

Forms: Also 1600s smacke.

Etymology: probably < Dutch smak, earlier smacke (Kilian), = Low German smakke, smak (Danish smakke, Swedish smacke), German schmack(e. The source, and the relation to French semaque, Spanish esmaque, Portuguese sumaca, are uncertain.

Nautical.

a. A single-masted sailing-vessel, fore-and-aft rigged like a sloop or cutter, and usually of light burden, chiefly employed as a coaster or for fishing, and formerly as a tender to a ship of war.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > with specific rig > fore and aft rigged > smack

smack1611

1611 [see Compounds].

1684 E. Chamberlayne 2nd Pt. Present State Eng. (ed. 12) ii. 245 The Gravesend Smack.

1689 London Gaz. No. 2468/4 Yesterday came in here a Ketch and a small Smack from the Fleet.

1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 350 Plenty of large Soals, taken in Troul-Nets, the Smacks being under Sail trailing them along.

1750 T. R. Blanckley Naval Expositor 150 Smacks are necessary Transporting Vessels, with one Mast and half Spreet-sail.

1753 T. Woodroofe in J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. xvii. 111 They had..on the stocks..five smacks of 180 tons.

1801 Ld. Nelson Let. 4 Aug. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) IV. 440 Pray send one of the Smacks to Hosely Bay with my letter to Sir Edward Berry.

1827 O. W. Roberts Narr. Voy. Central Amer. 169 A small smack of about fifteen tons burden.

1877 W. Black Green Pastures & Piccadilly II. xii. 183 Not dangerously for ourselves, but for the anchored schooners and smacks.

b. U.S. A fishing-vessel having a well in which fish may be kept alive.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > vessels which store, freeze, or transport fish

well-boat1614

fish-pool1718

sack ship1732

well smack?1758

carrier1825

sale-boat1840

ice boat1846

plunger1860

runner1881

pound-boat1884

run boat1884

fish-carrier1886

smacka1891

shacker1902

Klondiker1926

factory trawler1928

a1891 Fisherman's Memorial Bk. 70 Many of them were made into smacks, so-called, which was done by building a water-tight compartment amidships, and boring holes in the bottom to admit salt-water, and thus the fish were kept alive.

Compounds

attributive, as smack commander, smack-master, smack-owner; smack-load; smack-sail, smack vessel, etc.; smack-boat n. U.S. = sense b ( Cent. Dict.).

ΚΠ

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Catepleure,..a smacke, or mizzen sayle.

1683 W. Hedges Diary 25 Aug. (1887) I. 105 2 Sloops of about 25 Ton apiece, with Smack Sailes.

1688 Sir C. Shovel in Naval Chron. 6 32 I may have..some other smack vessell.

1737 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 33) 67 A Smack Commander.

1750 T. R. Blanckley Naval Expositor 149 Shoulder of Mutton, Square, Lugg, and Smack Sails.

1871 Daily News 22 Sept. The principal ship-owners and smack-owners of the port of Ipswich.

1885 Manch. Examiner 4 Feb. 4/7 Three Yarmouth smackmasters charged with piracy on the high seas.

1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 94 In the year 1831..a smack-load of Scuppaugs arrived in Boston.

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smackn.⁴

Brit.

/smak/, U.S.

/smæk/

Etymology: Probably alteration of schmeck n.

slang (originally U.S.).

A drug, spec. heroin.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a) narcotic drug(s) > morphine, cocaine, or heroin > heroin

heroin1898

junk1921

dynamite1924

schmeck1932

smack1942

horse1950

gear1954

boy1955

sugar1956

chiva1964

scag1967

hoss1968

scat1970

P-funk1982

black tar1983

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §509/8 Smack,..a small packet of drugs.

1960 R. G. Reisner Jazz Titans 164 Smack, heroin.

1964 N.Y. Times Mag. 23 Aug. 64/2 Cocaine..referred to as..smack.

1968 Sunday Truth (Brisbane) 6 Oct. 36/3 When I first came here you were a big swinger if you turned on with pot. Now they're going straight on to smack (another slang word for heroin).

1969 Oz May 36/1 In the paper today it said that Jimmy Hendrix got busted for smack.

1976 R. Condon Whisper of Axe ii. vii. 208 She began by having the smack pushers recruit from 53 street gangs.

1980 P. Kinsley Vatchman Switch xii. 91 You're dealing and..I'm going to prove it. You're into opium and smack.

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smackv.¹

Brit.

/smak/, U.S.

/smæk/

Forms: Also Middle English, 1500s–1600s smacke, Middle English smakke.

Etymology: < smack n.¹ Compare Middle High German smacken (German schmacken ), North Frisian smak , Icelandic smakka (from German). For variant forms see smake v. and smatch v.

1. transitive. Of persons: To perceive by the sense of taste. †Also figurative, to experience; to suspect.

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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [verb (transitive)] > perceive taste of (something)

feelc1225

smack1340

taste1340

find?a1425

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 93 Huo þet hedde wel ytasted and ysmacked þe ilke zuetnesse þet god yefþ to his urendes.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 106 Huanne þe man onderuangþ þise yefþe he..smackeþ and uelþ þe zuetnesse of god.

c1540 Image Ipocrysy i, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 414 We..Must sey that white is blacke, Or elles they sey we smacke, And smell we wote not what.

1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage sig. C2 If hee smacke the Setter, and smels a Rat by his clawing,..then away goes the Setter.

1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Smaecken ende Proeven, to Tast, or to Smack a proofe of wine, &c.

1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. A. Musæus in German Romance I. 175 He soon smacked the taste of physic hidden in this sweetness.

a. intransitive. Of food, liquor, etc.: To taste (well or ill); to have a (specified) taste or flavour; to taste or savour of something.

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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [verb (intransitive)] > have a taste

smatchc1000

brykec1315

smack1398

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savourc1405

taragec1407

taste1552

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drink1617

seasona1625

bite1713

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) vii. lxix Som bitter þinges..þat smakkeþ [1495 smackyth] of aloye.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 722/1 This veneson smacketh to moche of the pepper.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie S 472 [It] Smacketh like pepper.

1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Smaeckelick, that Smacks, Savours, or Tasts well.

1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iv. xvi. 439 Your fingers smack of vinegar!

1846 Edinb. Rev. 84 175 The best Xeres that ever smacked of the skin.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xi. 73 Tea..had been left a whole night in contact with its leaves, and smacked strongly of tannin.

figurative.1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. ii. 16 Indeede my Father did something smacke, something grow to; he had a kinde of tast. 1813 W. Scott Let. 2 July (1932) III. 296 Our little friend..is notwithstanding his many excellent qualities a little on the score of old Gobbo—doth somewhat smack—somewhat grow to.]

b. figurative. To partake or savour of, to be strongly suggestive or reminiscent of, something.Very common in the 19th cent.In quot. a1616¹ some editors transpose smoake and smacke, or read smacke in both places, so as to show this sense.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > be similar [verb (intransitive)] > have a touch, tinge, or suggestion of

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a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) i. i. 209 He is but a bastard to the time That doth not smoake of obseruation, And so am I whether I smacke or no. ]

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. ii. 5 All Sects, all Ages smack of this vice.

1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ v. 60 An argument smacking more of the Beast than rational Creature.

1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. vi. 53 Whate'er smacked of 'noyance, or unrest, Was far far off expelled.

1786 H. More Florio 10 A mass of knowledge, Which smacks of toil, and smells of college.

1858 J. B. Norton Topics for Indian Statesmen 147 On the other hand, however, this scheme smacks of centralization.

1892 G. S. Layard Life & Lett. C. S. Keene iii. 65 It was part of his nature to love everything that smacked of antiquity.

c. With adjective complement.

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1847 B. Disraeli Tancred III. vi. v. 203 He always calls her a moon or a star; that smacks nocturnal and somewhat sombre.

†3. To have a trial at something. Obsolete.

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the world > action or operation > endeavour > attempt [verb (transitive)]

fandOE

assayc1300

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poacha1616

attent1620

to venture at1623

essay1641

attentate1656

smacka1657

tempt1697

to try at1794

to have a go1802

to make a (good, poor, etc.) fist1833

tackle1847

to have or take a whack at1891

to make (or have, etc.) a stab at (something)1895

to have a dash (at)1916

a1657 G. Daniel Idyllia in Poems (1878) IV. v. 69 He smacks at everie Science; and præscribes Rules as he had Quarter'd 'em, into Tribes.

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smackv.²

Brit.

/smak/, U.S.

/smæk/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s smacke.

Etymology: Corresponds to Middle Dutch and Middle Low German smacken (Dutch and Low German smakken, Frisian smakke), German dialect schmacken, probably of imitative origin.

a. transitive. To open or separate (the lips) in such a way as to produce a sharp sound; to do this in connection with eating or drinking, esp. as a sign of keen relish or anticipation.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [verb (transitive)] > smack lips

smack1557

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > eat noisily or smack lips

sluffera1529

smack1557

slurp1648

1557 F. Seager Schoole of Vertue in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 344 Not smackynge thy lyppes, As comonly do hogges.

1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) To smack one's lips, labiis strepitum edere.

1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. i. 29 As he smacked his lips after dashing off his glass.

1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. III. viii. 136 Tom..smacked his lips over the long-necked glass.

1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals viii. 214 The Australians smacked and clacked their mouths at the sight of his horses.

b. intransitive or absol. Also with at.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [verb (intransitive)] > smack lips

smacker1598

smack1608

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (intransitive)] > eat noisily

smacker1598

smack1608

yaffle1788

slurp1916

1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 101 The King..Dreams of the Dainties hee hath had yer-while, Smacks, swallows, grindes both with his teeth and iaws.

1673 Gentlewomans Compan. 71 Do not smack like a Pig, nor make any other noise which shall prove ungrateful to the company.

1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 28 She had praised detestable custard, and smacked at wretched wine.

a1764 R. Lloyd Familiar Epist. to Friend in Wks. (1790) 280 In vain I taste, and sip and smack, I find no favour of the Sack.

1840 W. M. Thackeray Shabby Genteel Story iii Mr. Gann. (Smacks.) ‘A fine fruity wine as ever I tasted.’

figurative.a1677 I. Barrow Several Serm. Evil-speaking (1678) v. 202 He that pleasingly relisheth and smacketh at it, or expresseth a delightfull complacence therein..is..a sharer in the guilt.

c. transitive. To taste (wine or liquor) with keen relish or satisfaction.Perhaps influenced by or confused with smack v.¹

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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [verb (transitive)] > taste so as to appreciate

attastec1374

tastea1400

gustc1430

degustate1599

degust1623

smack1822

1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall I. 69 Said the general..as he smacked a glass of rich Burgundy.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxi. 183 George,..filling himself a glass of wine, smacked it.

1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. viii. 81 ‘But of course’, added the Major, smacking the wine [etc.].

a. To kiss noisily or loudly. Now Obsolete or dialect.

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the mind > emotion > love > kiss > [verb (transitive)] > kiss noisily or loudly

smack1570

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Aii^v/1 To Smacke, kisse, suauiare.

1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 255 Abusing the lippes..in smacking and kissing the vpper leather of an olde shoe, reserued for a Relique.

1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. ii. x. 42 God blesse thee Mouse the Bridegroome sayd, and smakt her on the lips.

a1658 J. Cleveland Old Man Courting 49, in Wks. (1687) Come smack me then my pretty Dear.

1746 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Satires ii. v. 134 Your prudent honourable Spouse, It seems, was faithful to her nuptial Vows. But had she..smack'd Her Cully [etc.].

1808 Salmagundi 25 Jan. 407 Smacking the lips of all fair ladies the which he did meet.

1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Smack, to kiss with a noise.

†b. to smack calf-skin (see quot. 1785). slang.

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the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (intransitive)] > swear or take an oath > by kissing the Bible

to smack calf-skin1785

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) To smack calves skin, to kiss the book, i.e. to take an oath.

a1791 F. Grose Olio (1796) 231 But smacking calf-skin to an alibi, I..brought her off.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 209 Why, I have smacked calf-skin fifty times in England for a keg of brandy.

3. To crack (a whip, thong, etc.).

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [verb (transitive)] > crack or snap > a whip

yarka1566

slash1660

smack1699

flank1830

spank1835

1699 [implied in: B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Smacking-cove, a Coachman. (at smacking adj. 1)].

1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) v. 126 As she guides it [a horse] thro' th' admiring throng, With what an air she smacks the silken thong.

1780 Mirror No. 84 The noise of somebody below, who hooted and hollow'd, smacked his whip.

1826 W. Robinson in J. A. Heraud Voy. & Mem. Midshipm. (1837) xi. 194 The whip is of very great length..; it requires both hands to smack it.

1843 G. W. Le Fevre Life Trav. Physician I. i. ix. 197 The four postilions smacked their whips in concert.

absolute.1811 W. Combe Schoolmaster's Tour in Poet. Mag. Feb. 145 The coachman smack'd, and off they bounc'd.

4. To bring, put, or throw down with a smack or slap; to clap (the hands) together; to slam (a door) to. Also figurative.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of blow or fall > sound of blow [verb (transitive)] > smack or slap

smack1801

spank1880

the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close (a door, window, etc.) > violently or noisily

clapc1405

to throw to1644

slap1709

slam1775

bounce1786

flap1801

smack1801

slump1836

to fling to1862

bang1878

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > lay or put down > firmly, heavily, or abruptly

slump1836

smack1852

plonk1927

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the hand > with the open hand > strike the hand or hands

flapa1382

slap1717

smack1871

1801 ‘Gabrielli’ Mysterious Husband II. 200 The attending servant having smacked to the door, they drove off in a moment.

1852 T. De Quincey Sketch from Childhood in Hogg's Instructor New Ser. 8 2/2 I smacked my little kingdom of Gombroon down into the tropics.

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. iv. 94 Says the guard, smacking his hand down on his knee.

1871 G. Meredith Harry Richmond I. v. 71 He smacked his hands together.

a. To strike (a person, part of the body, etc.) with the open hand or with something having a flat surface; to slap. Also spec. to chastise (a child) in this manner and figurative.

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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > smack

smack1835

paddle1847

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > strike with an object > with something flat

platOE

skelpa1400

flapc1440

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spatc1832

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paddle1847

1835 C. Dickens Seven Dials in Bell's Life in London 27 Sept. 1/1 Mrs. A. smacks Mrs. B.'s child for ‘making faces’.

1840 W. M. Thackeray Shabby Genteel Story ii The unfeeling girl..never offered to smack her mamma's hands,..or to restore her with a glass of water.

1856 F. E. Paget Owlet of Owlstone Edge 167 Won't she smack you all over?

1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. iv. 76 He smacked his leg with his hand, and burst out laughing.

1892 G. B. Shaw Let. 12 Aug. (1965) I. 359 Smacking Bebel & Singer in the eye for their dénigrement of our programme.

1918 E. Pound Let. 1 Jan. (1971) 127 I liked your comment p. 89, Nov. no. Naturally pleased to see the folk song idea smacked again.

1976 Evening Post (Nottingham) 14 Dec. 18/9 It appeared to have been put there by her two-year-old son, who had been smacked for moving things about the house.

b. To hit (a ball) vigorously with a cricket-bat. Also absol.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > hit > hit with specific stroke

take1578

stop1744

nip1752

block1772

drive1773

cut1816

draw1816

tip1816

poke1836

spoon1836

mow1844

to put up1845

smother1845

sky1849

crump1850

to pick up1851

pull1851

skyrocket1851

swipe1851

to put down1860

to get away1868

smite1868

snick1871

lift1874

crack1882

smack1882

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snip1890

leg1892

push1893

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flick1897

on-drive1897

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cart1903

edge1904

tonk1910

sweep1920

mishook1934

middle1954

square-drive1954

tickle1963

square-cut1976

slash1977

splice1982

paddle1986

1882 Daily Tel. 24 June Steel supplemented this by smacking the same bowler to the on for a quartette.

1894 N. Gale Cricket Songs (new ed.) 59 The Champion smacked, and the Terror's reign Could not bring his wicket under.

c. to smack it about (see quot. 1962). Nautical slang.

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the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > hasten or hurry

hiec1250

skelta1400

hasty?a1425

hasten1534

festinate1652

to look sharp1680

to make play1799

hurry-scurry1809

to tumble up1826

crowd1838

rush1859

hurry1871

to get a move on1888

hurry and scurry1889

to buck up1890

to get a hump on1892

to get a wiggle on1896

to shake a leg1904

to smack it about1914

flurry1917

to step on it (her)1923

to make it snappy1926

jildi1930

to get an iggri on1946

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1914 ‘Bartimeus’ Naval Occasions i. 5 Better man your boat from the boom and shove straight off. Smack it about!

1915 ‘Bartimeus’ Tall Ship iv. 71 It's three o'clock now, so I advise you to smack it about and clean if you're going ashore.

1962 W. Granville Dict. Sailors' Slang 108/2 Smack it about!, naval exhortation to the hands to ‘get a move on’;..from the smacking of paint brushes about the ship's hull by the side party.

6. intransitive. To make or give out a sharp smacking sound; to crack.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of blow or fall > [verb (intransitive)] > smack or slap

slip-slap1723

spank1800

smack1890

splat1922

1890 Fishing Gaz. 13 Dec. 321/2 Eels are smacking all round in the star-lit water.

1892 J. Lumsden Sheep-head & Trotters 38 The crowd gart muskets smack there.

7. Used with adverbial force.

a. With, or as with, a smack; suddenly and violently; slap. Also with down, through, etc.

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the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adverb] > and suddenly

swap1672

slam1726

smack1782

whack1812

wham1924

wham-bam1956

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of blow or fall > [adverb] > smack or slap

smackingly1598

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spank1810

whack1812

spat1890

splat1897

splacka1960

1782 W. Cowper Hist. John Gilpin in Public Advertiser 14 Nov. Smack went the Whip, round went the Wheels.

1799 King George IV in Paget Papers (1896) I. 150 He..tumbled..smack on his face.

1806 H. Siddons Maid, Wife, & Widow II. 101 Smack comes a ball from the enemy and carries away his head.

1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney I. 239 So away I went—smack bang into a quaker's shop to buy myself a pair of gloves.

1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting v. 141 As I ducked under on the lower side he came smack through.

b. Completely, entirely; directly.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > utterly

allOE

outlyOE

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cussedly1802

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unmitigatedly1832

bodaciously1833

unredeemedly1835

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fucking1893

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self1907

stone1928

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1828 W. Whewell in I. Todhunter William Whewell (1876) II. 90 We have got a decision which is smack against us.

1857 A. Mathews Tea-table Talk II. 128 The wind being smack in their teeth the greater part of the voyage.

1864 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. III. 387 [Cardan] made the bishop smack whole in twenty-four hours.

Compounds

In combinations.

smack-bottom n. a childish expression for a smack on the bottom given in chastisement.

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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > spanking > a spanking

twanking1711

paddling1851

smack-bottom1970

1970 P. Laurie Scotl. Yard iii. 89 ‘Put them down, Pop, or you'll get a smack-bottom.’.. The old man has gone back to babyhood.

1978 K. Amis Jake's Thing xvii. 182 What he needs is a damn good smack-bottom and being told not to be so boring.

Draft additions 1993

smacked adj. in various senses; esp. in smacked bottom (cf. smack-bottom n. at Compounds above).

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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [adjective] > ground

well-groundc1500

multured1718

milleda1831

smacked1886

stone-milled1901

stone-ground1905

society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > spanking > a spanking > parts of body spanked

smacked bottomc1960

1886 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 17 46 Smacked (ground—as smacked corn).

c1960 F. D. Osgerby in J. Burnett Destiny Obscure (1982) i. 90 If any of us cried for some reason she was not aware of we got a smacked bottom.

1983 Times 10 Jan. 22/7 A sort of sub-world of smacked bottoms and scrawny mothers-in-law.

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n.¹a1000

n.²1570

n.³1611

n.⁴1942

v.¹1340

v.²1557

单词	smack
释义	smackn.¹ Brit. /smak/, U.S. /smæk/ Forms: Old English smæc, Middle English smac ( Orm. smacc), Middle English–1500s smak (1500s smake), Middle English–1500s smakke, Middle English–1600s smacke, 1500s– smack. Etymology: Old English smæc , = Old Frisian smek , Middle Dutch smac , Middle Low German smak (Low German smakk , schmakk ; also Swedish smak , Danish smag ), Old High German and Middle High German smac , smach (German dialect schmack ; compare German geschmack ). Slightly different in formation are Old Frisian smaka (West Frisian smaek ), Middle Dutch smake (Kilian smaeck ; Dutch smaak ), Middle Low German smake (Low German smâk , schmaak ). See also smatch n.¹ I. A taste, tinge, or suggestion. 1. a. A taste or flavour; the distinctive or peculiar taste of something, or a special flavour distinguishable from this. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [noun] smacka1000 savour?c1225 relesec1330 tastea1382 sentimentc1400 smatchc1400 taragec1407 tangc1440 weffec1440 tallage14.. sapor1477 verdurea1513 verdour1526 relish1530 verder1532 gustc1540 waft1542 smacker1549 talent1550 tack1602 tache1607 tincture1610 twang1611 foretaster1632 flavour1693 gusto1713 goût1751 saporosity1794 gustativeness1827 savouring1840 sipidity1880 palate1973 a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 225 Dulcis sapor, i. dulcis odor, swete smæc. c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 455 Nectar,..þone swetan smæc. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 14294 Swa summ þeȝȝ waterr wærenn. Off wikke smacc. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1653 Forr witt. & skill iss wel inoh Þurrh salltess smacc bitacnedd. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 112 Þet is kynges mete huerinne byeþ ech manyere lykinges and alle guode smackes. a1400 Stockh. Medical MS. ii. 608 in Anglia XVIII. 322 Of hennebane arn spycys iij..Alle wyll sauour an hidhows smak. a1505 R. Henryson Sum Pract. Med. 60 in Poems (1981) 181 It wilbe the softar and sweittar of the smak. a1550 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 128 Thowgh peper be blak, it hath a good smak. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lxxxv. 263 The leaues..are of a very strong and pleasant sauour, and good smacke or taste. 1606 J. Carpenter Schelomonocham xxviii. f. 118 Those vessels will long retaine and yeeld the smack of that liquor which was in them first steeped. 1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 117 Every Plant has a smack of the Root. 1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 1 Midling Ale..that hath no burnt, musty, or otherwise ill smack. 1763 C. Churchill Rosciad in Poems I. 24 And Boniface, disgrac'd, betrays the smack..of Falstaff's sack. 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 21 It possesses a dull, acidulous, offensive smack, and an empyreumatic smell. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iv. 245 And now, for perfume, pour Distilment rare,..Till beverage obtained the fancied smack. b. figurative or in figurative context. ΚΠ 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 177 Efterward me ssel lete þane smak of zenne. 1593 in Lyly's Wks. (1902) III. 451 Experience bids me..champe the bridle of a bitter smacke. 1690 J. Dryden Amphitryon i. i. 2 He's constant to an handsom Family: He knows when they have a good smack with 'em. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xiii. 25 There are works of all tastes and smacks. †c. Pleasant or agreeable taste or relish. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > savouriness > [noun] > relish smack1573 relish1599 gust1649 hogo1653 zest1704 zing1956 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 55^v Least doue & the cadow, there finding a smack: with stormie il weather, do perish thy stack. 1600 C. Tourneur Transformed Metamorph. sig. B8 If this sweet sinne still feedes him with her smacke. †2. Scent, odour, smell. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [noun] smacka1000 breathOE smella1175 irea1300 weffea1300 thefa1325 relesec1330 odour?c1335 incensea1340 flair1340 savoura1350 smellingc1386 flavourc1400 fumec1400 reflairc1400 air?a1439 scent?1473 taste?c1475 verdure1520 senteur1601 waft1611 effluvium1656 fluor1671 burning scent1681 aura1732 fumet1735 snuff1763 olfacient1822 odouret1825 waff1827 gush1841 sniff1844 tang1858 nose1894 a1000 [see sense 1a]. c1250 Owl & Night. 823 Þenne is þes hundes smel fordo; he not þurh þe meynde smak hweþer he schal vorþ þe abak. 1549 E. Allen tr. L. Juda Paraphr. Reuelacion S. John f. 19, in M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II A cat of y^e mountayne.., whiche with her smacke and savour, draweth many beastes unto her. 3. a. transferred. A trace, tinge, or suggestion of something specified.Common c1570–1680, and in modern use. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a slight touch or trace specec1330 taste1390 lisounc1400 savourc1400 smatcha1500 smell?a1505 spice1531 smack1539 shadow1586 surmise1586 relish1590 tang1593 touch1597 stain1609 tincture1612 dasha1616 soula1616 twanga1640 whiff1644 haut-goût1650 casta1661 stricturea1672 tinge1736 tinct1752 vestige1756 smattering1764 soupçon1766 smutch1776 shade1791 suspicion1809 lineament1811 trait1815 tint1817 trace1827 skiff1839 spicing1844 smudgea1871 ghost1887 1539 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 173 To powre in som smak of the pure lernying of Cristes doctrine amonges them. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 138^v Whatsoeuer commeth of an olde stocke, hath lightly a smack of his olde parentes imperfection. 1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus ii. vi Good faith, the boy begins to haue an elegant smack of my stile. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. viii. 181 The others were suspected to have a smack of the Imperiall faction. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 233/1 The Orcadians..use the Gothish Language, which they derive from the Norwegians,..of whose qualities they still have a smack. 1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) II. 75 Graceful poems—not the less attractive for a slight smack of the workshop.1874 F. C. Burnand My Time xxix. 280 A smack of real earnestness in his tone. †b. A slight or superficial knowledge; a smattering. Chiefly in to have a smack of, at, or in something. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > have slight knowledge [verb (intransitive)] smatter1530 to have a smack of, at, or in1551 superficialize1656 (a) 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Aii^v If it be one that hath a lytell smacke of learnynge. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxvii. 143 Bycause they haue some petie smak of their booke. a1630 F. Moryson in Shakespeare's Europe (1903) ii. v. 229 Hauing gott a smacke of the grownds of our lawe. c1692 J. Coad Mem. Wonderful Provid. (1849) 104 A very young man..who had got a smack of the Latin tongue. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. ii. 64 I learned a smack of boxing of that Englishman. (b)1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 62^v Whereby hee may..haue in all sciences a smacke [printed smcake], whereby he maye readily dispute of any thing.1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus iii. i He hath also a smacke in poetry.1679 ‘M. Mason’ Tickler Tickled 2 For Padge hath a Smack at Latin, but let them English it that will. c. A mere tasting, a small quantity, of liquor; a mouthful. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount speckc725 littleOE somethingc1200 lutewihtc1230 little whatc1384 ouncec1387 lap1393 smalla1400 modicumc1400 nekedc1400 spota1413 tinec1420 nieveful?a1425 handfulc1443 mouthful?c1450 smatchc1456 weec1480 quern1503 halfpennyworth1533 groatsworth1562 dram1566 shellful1578 trickle1580 snatch1592 sprinkling1594 fleck1598 snip1598 pittance1600 lick1603 fingerful1604 modicum1606 thimbleful1607 flash1614 dasha1616 pipa1616 pickle1629 drachm1635 cue1654 smack1693 starn1720 bit1753 kenning1787 minikin1787 tate1805 starnie1808 sprat1815 harl1821 skerrick1825 smallums1828 huckleberry1832 scrimp1840 thimble1841 smite1843 nattering1859 sensation1859 spurt1859 pauchlea1870 mention1891 sketch1894 sputterings1894 scrappet1901 titch1937 tad1940 skosh1959 smattering1973 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > a drink of > small drink snack1685 smack1693 drop1699 tiff1727 toothfula1774 caulker1808 caulk1834 nobbler1842 spot1917 1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires iv. 50 He 'says the Wimble, often draws it back, And deals to thirsty Servants but a smack. 1759 J. Townley High Life below Stairs ii. 40 He has had a Smack of every Sort of Wine. 1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide (ed. 2) Epil. iii. 135 May I venture to give Her a Smack of my Muse? 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 18 A relish of the Marquis's well-known kitchen, and a smack of his superior Champagne and Burgundy. 1865 J. Hatton Bitter Sweets iii We'll just have one smack of the liquor before you're off to Helswick. d. A touch or suggestion of something having a characteristic odour or taste. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [noun] > slight smack1846 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) vii. 61 There was a smack of stabling in the air of Princess's Place. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters ii. ii. 72 A rough smack of resin was in the air. 1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xxxi. 320 A gentle breeze, sweet with the smack of the country. II. The faculty of taste; inclination. †4. a. The sense or faculty of taste. Obsolete.So Old Frisian smek, German (ge)schmack, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [noun] > sense of taste smacka1200 smatcha1200 smatching?c1225 swallow1340 swallowing1340 tastec1380 toothc1386 palatea1398 chewinga1400 savouringc1405 gustc1430 tallage1557 relish1605 a1200 Vices & Virtues 17 Ȝesihthe, ȝeherhþe, smac, and smell, and tactþe. †b. figurative. Delight or enjoyment; inclination, relish. Chiefly in phrases. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > [noun] > relish smack1340 relisha1591 taste1604 zest1758 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 33 He..to-ualþ ine þa slacnesse þet he ne heþ smak, ne deuocion, wel to done. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Piii So quyckelye they haue taken a smacke in couetesenes. 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 105^v Philautus had taken such a smack in y^e good entertainment. 1609 Euerie Woman in her Humor ii. i I haue no appetite at all to live in the countrie.., now, as they say, I have got a smacke on the Cittie. 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote iii. I. xi. 231 She hath a very great Smack of Courtship, and plays with every one. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). smackn.² Brit. /smak/, U.S. /smæk/ Forms: Also 1500s smacke. Etymology: Related to smack v.² Compare Middle Dutch smack (Kilian smacke; Dutch and Frisian smak), Low German smacke, German dialect schmacke; also Danish smæk, Swedish smäck. 1. a. A sharp noise or sound made by separating the lips quickly, esp. in kissing, and in tasting or anticipating food or liquor. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [noun] > sound of kiss or smacking of lips smick-smack?1550 smack1570 smacking1628 poppism1653 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > eating noisily smack1570 slurp1949 slup1952 slurping1960 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Aii/2 Y^e Smack of a kisse, suauium. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. iii. 51 Hee..kist her lips with such a clamorous smacke, that at the parting all the Church did eccho. View more context for this quotation 1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper i. i. 3 She has a notable Smack with her! I believe Zeal first taught the Art of Kissing close. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 508. ⁋3 Tasting the Wine with a judicious Smack. 1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 142 The Dogs may lick it with a sav'ry Smack. 1838 D. Jerrold Men of Char. (1851) 10 She..gave me such a salute, a team two fields away went gallop off at the smack. 1878 R. Browning Two Poets of Croisic in La Saisiaz & Two Poets of Croisic 116 With smack of lip, and long-drawn sigh through teeth Close clenched o'er satisfaction. b. A loud or sounding kiss. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > kiss > [noun] > loud or sounding kiss smack1604 smacker1775 1604 T. Middleton Blacke Bk. in Wks. (1885) VIII. 24 The slave..bussed the bawd for joy: when presently I left them in the midst of their wicked smack. 1651 J. Cleveland Poems (Wing C4684) 2 Love prints her Signets in her smacks, Those Ruddy drops of squeezing wax. 1729 J. Gay Polly ii. ix. 44 Come, noble captain, take one hearty smack upon her lips, and then steer off. 1786 A. M. Bennett Juvenile Indiscretions I. 97 Giving the females first a warm smack round. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 39 ‘Whisht! whisht! gudewife,’ said her husband, with a smack that had much more affection than ceremony in it. in extended use.1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. viii. 297 Bestowing such hearty smacks upon the bottle, as to empty it very shortly. 2. The crack of a whip, lash, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [noun] > crack or snap > of whip yark1555 whip-cracking1775 smack1781 whip-crack1893 1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 519 Thy soldiery..Were train'd beneath his lash, and knew the smack. 1803 tr. G. C. A. Pigault-Lebrun Monsieur Botte II. 10 Five or six smacks of a whip roused their attention. 1825 Sporting Mag. 17 36 Old coachmen..like a smack of the whip. 1901 Daily Express 28 Feb. 6/7 At the first swishing smack of the lash. 3. a. A sounding blow delivered with the flat of the hand or something having a flat surface; a slap.Also figurative. a smack in the face, a sharp rebuff; a smack in the eye. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > blow struck with an object or instrument > with something flat clap?14.. patc1425 skelpc1440 plata1522 slat1611 slapping1632 slap1648 flop1662 smack1775 smacker1775 skelping1818 spat1823 spatting1840 the mind > language > statement > refusal > [noun] > a denial or refusal > rebuff rebuff1582 affrontment1611 backslap1828 marching orders1856 a slap in (or on) the face, in the eye, on the wrist1861 rebuffal1887 a smack in the face1895 brush1941 brush-off1941 a smack in the eye1941 1775 ‘T. Bobbin’ Misc. Wks. 58 Th' bigger Rascot shou'd ha' th bigger smacks, on moor on um. 1789 J. Wolcot Poet. Epist. to falling Minister 26 Just now and then a gentle smack, T' inform his Royal colt what Being rode him. 1827 G. Higgins Celtic Druids 128 A naughty or saucy boy, at school, often gets a smack on the face. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped iii. 20 He jumped up..and hit me a smack upon the shoulder. 1895 A. W. Pinero Second Mrs. Tanqueray iii. 105 One gets so many smacks in the face through interfering in matrimonial squabbles. 1930 A. P. Herbert Water Gipsies viii. 84 ‘I'm leaving here.’ ‘Leaving us, Mr. Bryan?’ Jane thought ‘Oh, Lord, another smack in the face!’ 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 68 Smack in the eye, a, a disappointment, a refusal, a rebuff. 1949 E. Coxhead Wind in West vii. 191 Well, but it was a nice smack in the face! To keep him, with all his experience..so completely in the dark. 1958 I. Cross God Boy xii. 98 I could tell that what he said was supposed to be a smack in the eye for me. b. A vigorous or powerful hit with a cricket-bat. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > types of stroke long ball1744 nip1752 catch1816 no-hit1827 cut1833 short hit1833 draw1836 drive1836 square hit1837 skylarker1839 skyer1840 skyscraper1842 back-cut1845 bum1845 leg sweep1846 slog1846 square cut1850 driver1851 Harrow drive1851 leg slip1852 poke1853 snick1857 snorter1859 leg stroke1860 smite1861 on-drive1862 bump ball1864 rocketer1864 pull1865 grass trimmer1867 late cut1867 off-drive1867 spoon1871 push1873 push stroke1873 smack1875 Harrow drive1877 pull-stroke1880 leg glance1883 gallery-hit1884 boundary-stroke1887 glide1888 sweep1888 boundary1896 hook1896 leg glide1896 backstroke1897 flick1897 hook stroke1897 cover-drive1898 straight drive1898 square drive1900 edger1905 pull-drive1905 slash1906 placing stroke1907 push drive1912 block shot1915 if-shot1920 placing shot1921 cow-shot1922 mow1925 Chinese cut1937 haymaker1954 hoick1954 perhapser1954 air shot1956 steepler1959 mishook1961 swish1963 chop- 1875 James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Ann. i. iv. 26 Two tremendous ‘smacks’ over the chains sent the crowd into raptures. c. colloquial. A slap or go at something. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > an attempt tastec1330 assayc1386 proffera1400 proof?a1400 pluck?1499 saymenta1500 minta1522 attemptate1531 attempt1548 attemption1565 say1568 trice1579 offer1581 fling1590 tempt1597 essay1598 trial1614 tentative1632 molition1643 conamen1661 put1661 tentamen1673 conatus1722 shot1756 go1784 ettle1790 shy1824 hack1830 try1832 pop1839 slap1840 venture1842 stagger1865 flutter1874 whack1884 whirl1884 smack1889 swipe1892 buck1913 lash1941 wham1957 play1961 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 Dec. 2/2 I am longing to have a smack at these Matabeles. †4. (See quot. 1798) Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1798 J. Austen Let. 25 Nov. (1995) 22 The ball on Thursday was a very small one indeed, hardly so large as an Oxford smack. Compounds smackwarm n. (see quot. 1922).Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xi. [Sirens] 256 She let free..her nipped elastic garter smackwarm against her smackable a woman's warmhosed thigh. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). smackn.³ Brit. /smak/, U.S. /smæk/ Forms: Also 1600s smacke. Etymology: probably < Dutch smak, earlier smacke (Kilian), = Low German smakke, smak (Danish smakke, Swedish smacke), German schmack(e. The source, and the relation to French semaque, Spanish esmaque, Portuguese sumaca, are uncertain. Nautical. a. A single-masted sailing-vessel, fore-and-aft rigged like a sloop or cutter, and usually of light burden, chiefly employed as a coaster or for fishing, and formerly as a tender to a ship of war. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > with specific rig > fore and aft rigged > smack smack1611 1611 [see Compounds]. 1684 E. Chamberlayne 2nd Pt. Present State Eng. (ed. 12) ii. 245 The Gravesend Smack. 1689 London Gaz. No. 2468/4 Yesterday came in here a Ketch and a small Smack from the Fleet. 1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 350 Plenty of large Soals, taken in Troul-Nets, the Smacks being under Sail trailing them along. 1750 T. R. Blanckley Naval Expositor 150 Smacks are necessary Transporting Vessels, with one Mast and half Spreet-sail. 1753 T. Woodroofe in J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. xvii. 111 They had..on the stocks..five smacks of 180 tons. 1801 Ld. Nelson Let. 4 Aug. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) IV. 440 Pray send one of the Smacks to Hosely Bay with my letter to Sir Edward Berry. 1827 O. W. Roberts Narr. Voy. Central Amer. 169 A small smack of about fifteen tons burden. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures & Piccadilly II. xii. 183 Not dangerously for ourselves, but for the anchored schooners and smacks. b. U.S. A fishing-vessel having a well in which fish may be kept alive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > vessels which store, freeze, or transport fish well-boat1614 fish-pool1718 sack ship1732 well smack?1758 carrier1825 sale-boat1840 ice boat1846 plunger1860 runner1881 pound-boat1884 run boat1884 fish-carrier1886 smacka1891 shacker1902 Klondiker1926 factory trawler1928 a1891 Fisherman's Memorial Bk. 70 Many of them were made into smacks, so-called, which was done by building a water-tight compartment amidships, and boring holes in the bottom to admit salt-water, and thus the fish were kept alive. Compounds attributive, as smack commander, smack-master, smack-owner; smack-load; smack-sail, smack vessel, etc.; smack-boat n. U.S. = sense b ( Cent. Dict.). ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Catepleure,..a smacke, or mizzen sayle. 1683 W. Hedges Diary 25 Aug. (1887) I. 105 2 Sloops of about 25 Ton apiece, with Smack Sailes. 1688 Sir C. Shovel in Naval Chron. 6 32 I may have..some other smack vessell. 1737 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 33) 67 A Smack Commander. 1750 T. R. Blanckley Naval Expositor 149 Shoulder of Mutton, Square, Lugg, and Smack Sails. 1871 Daily News 22 Sept. The principal ship-owners and smack-owners of the port of Ipswich. 1885 Manch. Examiner 4 Feb. 4/7 Three Yarmouth smackmasters charged with piracy on the high seas. 1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 94 In the year 1831..a smack-load of Scuppaugs arrived in Boston. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). smackn.⁴ Brit. /smak/, U.S. /smæk/ Etymology: Probably alteration of schmeck n. slang (originally U.S.). A drug, spec. heroin. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a) narcotic drug(s) > morphine, cocaine, or heroin > heroin heroin1898 junk1921 dynamite1924 schmeck1932 smack1942 horse1950 gear1954 boy1955 sugar1956 chiva1964 scag1967 hoss1968 scat1970 P-funk1982 black tar1983 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §509/8 Smack,..a small packet of drugs. 1960 R. G. Reisner Jazz Titans 164 Smack, heroin. 1964 N.Y. Times Mag. 23 Aug. 64/2 Cocaine..referred to as..smack. 1968 Sunday Truth (Brisbane) 6 Oct. 36/3 When I first came here you were a big swinger if you turned on with pot. Now they're going straight on to smack (another slang word for heroin). 1969 Oz May 36/1 In the paper today it said that Jimmy Hendrix got busted for smack. 1976 R. Condon Whisper of Axe ii. vii. 208 She began by having the smack pushers recruit from 53 street gangs. 1980 P. Kinsley Vatchman Switch xii. 91 You're dealing and..I'm going to prove it. You're into opium and smack. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). smackv.¹ Brit. /smak/, U.S. /smæk/ Forms: Also Middle English, 1500s–1600s smacke, Middle English smakke. Etymology: < smack n.¹ Compare Middle High German smacken (German schmacken ), North Frisian smak , Icelandic smakka (from German). For variant forms see smake v. and smatch v. 1. transitive. Of persons: To perceive by the sense of taste. †Also figurative, to experience; to suspect. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [verb (transitive)] > perceive taste of (something) feelc1225 smack1340 taste1340 find?a1425 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 93 Huo þet hedde wel ytasted and ysmacked þe ilke zuetnesse þet god yefþ to his urendes. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 106 Huanne þe man onderuangþ þise yefþe he..smackeþ and uelþ þe zuetnesse of god. c1540 Image Ipocrysy i, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 414 We..Must sey that white is blacke, Or elles they sey we smacke, And smell we wote not what. 1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage sig. C2 If hee smacke the Setter, and smels a Rat by his clawing,..then away goes the Setter. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Smaecken ende Proeven, to Tast, or to Smack a proofe of wine, &c. 1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. A. Musæus in German Romance I. 175 He soon smacked the taste of physic hidden in this sweetness. 2. a. intransitive. Of food, liquor, etc.: To taste (well or ill); to have a (specified) taste or flavour; to taste or savour of something. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [verb (intransitive)] > have a taste smatchc1000 brykec1315 smack1398 smake14.. savourc1405 taragec1407 taste1552 relish1566 eat1607 drink1617 seasona1625 bite1713 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) vii. lxix Som bitter þinges..þat smakkeþ [1495 smackyth] of aloye. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 722/1 This veneson smacketh to moche of the pepper. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie S 472 [It] Smacketh like pepper. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Smaeckelick, that Smacks, Savours, or Tasts well. 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iv. xvi. 439 Your fingers smack of vinegar! 1846 Edinb. Rev. 84 175 The best Xeres that ever smacked of the skin. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xi. 73 Tea..had been left a whole night in contact with its leaves, and smacked strongly of tannin. figurative.1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. ii. 16 Indeede my Father did something smacke, something grow to; he had a kinde of tast. View more context for this quotation1813 W. Scott Let. 2 July (1932) III. 296 Our little friend..is notwithstanding his many excellent qualities a little on the score of old Gobbo—doth somewhat smack—somewhat grow to.] b. figurative. To partake or savour of, to be strongly suggestive or reminiscent of, something.Very common in the 19th cent.In quot. a1616¹ some editors transpose smoake and smacke, or read smacke in both places, so as to show this sense. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > be similar [verb (intransitive)] > have a touch, tinge, or suggestion of soundc1340 smatchc1380 soundc1380 savourc1454 smell1526 taste1559 relish1577 smacka1616 reflect1617 seasona1625 tincture1787 twang1821 a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) i. i. 209 He is but a bastard to the time That doth not smoake of obseruation, And so am I whether I smacke or no. View more context for this quotation] a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. ii. 5 All Sects, all Ages smack of this vice. View more context for this quotation 1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ v. 60 An argument smacking more of the Beast than rational Creature. 1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. vi. 53 Whate'er smacked of 'noyance, or unrest, Was far far off expelled. 1786 H. More Florio 10 A mass of knowledge, Which smacks of toil, and smells of college. 1858 J. B. Norton Topics for Indian Statesmen 147 On the other hand, however, this scheme smacks of centralization. 1892 G. S. Layard Life & Lett. C. S. Keene iii. 65 It was part of his nature to love everything that smacked of antiquity. c. With adjective complement. ΚΠ 1847 B. Disraeli Tancred III. vi. v. 203 He always calls her a moon or a star; that smacks nocturnal and somewhat sombre. †3. To have a trial at something. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > attempt [verb (transitive)] fandOE assayc1300 tryc1315 provec1330 adventurea1387 sayc1390 paina1400 havec1400 practisea1450 afforcec1487 afond1488 attempta1538 procure1574 endeavour1581 offer1611 poacha1616 attent1620 to venture at1623 essay1641 attentate1656 smacka1657 tempt1697 to try at1794 to have a go1802 to make a (good, poor, etc.) fist1833 tackle1847 to have or take a whack at1891 to make (or have, etc.) a stab at (something)1895 to have a dash (at)1916 a1657 G. Daniel Idyllia in Poems (1878) IV. v. 69 He smacks at everie Science; and præscribes Rules as he had Quarter'd 'em, into Tribes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). smackv.² Brit. /smak/, U.S. /smæk/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s smacke. Etymology: Corresponds to Middle Dutch and Middle Low German smacken (Dutch and Low German smakken, Frisian smakke), German dialect schmacken, probably of imitative origin. 1. a. transitive. To open or separate (the lips) in such a way as to produce a sharp sound; to do this in connection with eating or drinking, esp. as a sign of keen relish or anticipation. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [verb (transitive)] > smack lips smack1557 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > eat noisily or smack lips sluffera1529 smack1557 slurp1648 1557 F. Seager Schoole of Vertue in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 344 Not smackynge thy lyppes, As comonly do hogges. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) To smack one's lips, labiis strepitum edere. 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. i. 29 As he smacked his lips after dashing off his glass. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. III. viii. 136 Tom..smacked his lips over the long-necked glass. 1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals viii. 214 The Australians smacked and clacked their mouths at the sight of his horses. b. intransitive or absol. Also with at. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [verb (intransitive)] > smack lips smacker1598 smack1608 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (intransitive)] > eat noisily smacker1598 smack1608 yaffle1788 slurp1916 1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 101 The King..Dreams of the Dainties hee hath had yer-while, Smacks, swallows, grindes both with his teeth and iaws. 1673 Gentlewomans Compan. 71 Do not smack like a Pig, nor make any other noise which shall prove ungrateful to the company. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 28 She had praised detestable custard, and smacked at wretched wine. a1764 R. Lloyd Familiar Epist. to Friend in Wks. (1790) 280 In vain I taste, and sip and smack, I find no favour of the Sack. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Shabby Genteel Story iii Mr. Gann. (Smacks.) ‘A fine fruity wine as ever I tasted.’ figurative.a1677 I. Barrow Several Serm. Evil-speaking (1678) v. 202 He that pleasingly relisheth and smacketh at it, or expresseth a delightfull complacence therein..is..a sharer in the guilt. c. transitive. To taste (wine or liquor) with keen relish or satisfaction.Perhaps influenced by or confused with smack v.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [verb (transitive)] > taste so as to appreciate attastec1374 tastea1400 gustc1430 degustate1599 degust1623 smack1822 1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall I. 69 Said the general..as he smacked a glass of rich Burgundy. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxi. 183 George,..filling himself a glass of wine, smacked it. 1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. viii. 81 ‘But of course’, added the Major, smacking the wine [etc.]. 2. a. To kiss noisily or loudly. Now Obsolete or dialect. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > kiss > [verb (transitive)] > kiss noisily or loudly smack1570 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Aii^v/1 To Smacke, kisse, suauiare. 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 255 Abusing the lippes..in smacking and kissing the vpper leather of an olde shoe, reserued for a Relique. 1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. ii. x. 42 God blesse thee Mouse the Bridegroome sayd, and smakt her on the lips. a1658 J. Cleveland Old Man Courting 49, in Wks. (1687) Come smack me then my pretty Dear. 1746 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Satires ii. v. 134 Your prudent honourable Spouse, It seems, was faithful to her nuptial Vows. But had she..smack'd Her Cully [etc.]. 1808 Salmagundi 25 Jan. 407 Smacking the lips of all fair ladies the which he did meet. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Smack, to kiss with a noise. †b. to smack calf-skin (see quot. 1785). slang. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (intransitive)] > swear or take an oath > by kissing the Bible to smack calf-skin1785 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) To smack calves skin, to kiss the book, i.e. to take an oath. a1791 F. Grose Olio (1796) 231 But smacking calf-skin to an alibi, I..brought her off. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 209 Why, I have smacked calf-skin fifty times in England for a keg of brandy. 3. To crack (a whip, thong, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [verb (transitive)] > crack or snap > a whip yarka1566 slash1660 smack1699 flank1830 spank1835 1699 [implied in: B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Smacking-cove, a Coachman. (at smacking adj. 1)]. 1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) v. 126 As she guides it [a horse] thro' th' admiring throng, With what an air she smacks the silken thong. 1780 Mirror No. 84 The noise of somebody below, who hooted and hollow'd, smacked his whip. 1826 W. Robinson in J. A. Heraud Voy. & Mem. Midshipm. (1837) xi. 194 The whip is of very great length..; it requires both hands to smack it. 1843 G. W. Le Fevre Life Trav. Physician I. i. ix. 197 The four postilions smacked their whips in concert. absolute.1811 W. Combe Schoolmaster's Tour in Poet. Mag. Feb. 145 The coachman smack'd, and off they bounc'd. 4. To bring, put, or throw down with a smack or slap; to clap (the hands) together; to slam (a door) to. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of blow or fall > sound of blow [verb (transitive)] > smack or slap smack1801 spank1880 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close (a door, window, etc.) > violently or noisily clapc1405 to throw to1644 slap1709 slam1775 bounce1786 flap1801 smack1801 slump1836 to fling to1862 bang1878 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > lay or put down > firmly, heavily, or abruptly slump1836 smack1852 plonk1927 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the hand > with the open hand > strike the hand or hands flapa1382 slap1717 smack1871 1801 ‘Gabrielli’ Mysterious Husband II. 200 The attending servant having smacked to the door, they drove off in a moment. 1852 T. De Quincey Sketch from Childhood in Hogg's Instructor New Ser. 8 2/2 I smacked my little kingdom of Gombroon down into the tropics. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. iv. 94 Says the guard, smacking his hand down on his knee. 1871 G. Meredith Harry Richmond I. v. 71 He smacked his hands together. 5. a. To strike (a person, part of the body, etc.) with the open hand or with something having a flat surface; to slap. Also spec. to chastise (a child) in this manner and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > smack smack1835 paddle1847 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > strike with an object > with something flat platOE skelpa1400 flapc1440 pat1533 slap1632 spatc1832 smack1835 paddle1847 1835 C. Dickens Seven Dials in Bell's Life in London 27 Sept. 1/1 Mrs. A. smacks Mrs. B.'s child for ‘making faces’. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Shabby Genteel Story ii The unfeeling girl..never offered to smack her mamma's hands,..or to restore her with a glass of water. 1856 F. E. Paget Owlet of Owlstone Edge 167 Won't she smack you all over? 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. iv. 76 He smacked his leg with his hand, and burst out laughing. 1892 G. B. Shaw Let. 12 Aug. (1965) I. 359 Smacking Bebel & Singer in the eye for their dénigrement of our programme. 1918 E. Pound Let. 1 Jan. (1971) 127 I liked your comment p. 89, Nov. no. Naturally pleased to see the folk song idea smacked again. 1976 Evening Post (Nottingham) 14 Dec. 18/9 It appeared to have been put there by her two-year-old son, who had been smacked for moving things about the house. b. To hit (a ball) vigorously with a cricket-bat. Also absol. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > hit > hit with specific stroke take1578 stop1744 nip1752 block1772 drive1773 cut1816 draw1816 tip1816 poke1836 spoon1836 mow1844 to put up1845 smother1845 sky1849 crump1850 to pick up1851 pull1851 skyrocket1851 swipe1851 to put down1860 to get away1868 smite1868 snick1871 lift1874 crack1882 smack1882 off-drive1888 snip1890 leg1892 push1893 hook1896 flick1897 on-drive1897 chop1898 glance1898 straight drive1898 cart1903 edge1904 tonk1910 sweep1920 mishook1934 middle1954 square-drive1954 tickle1963 square-cut1976 slash1977 splice1982 paddle1986 1882 Daily Tel. 24 June Steel supplemented this by smacking the same bowler to the on for a quartette. 1894 N. Gale Cricket Songs (new ed.) 59 The Champion smacked, and the Terror's reign Could not bring his wicket under. c. to smack it about (see quot. 1962). Nautical slang. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > hasten or hurry hiec1250 skelta1400 hasty?a1425 hasten1534 festinate1652 to look sharp1680 to make play1799 hurry-scurry1809 to tumble up1826 crowd1838 rush1859 hurry1871 to get a move on1888 hurry and scurry1889 to buck up1890 to get a hump on1892 to get a wiggle on1896 to shake a leg1904 to smack it about1914 flurry1917 to step on it (her)1923 to make it snappy1926 jildi1930 to get an iggri on1946 ert- 1914 ‘Bartimeus’ Naval Occasions i. 5 Better man your boat from the boom and shove straight off. Smack it about! 1915 ‘Bartimeus’ Tall Ship iv. 71 It's three o'clock now, so I advise you to smack it about and clean if you're going ashore. 1962 W. Granville Dict. Sailors' Slang 108/2 Smack it about!, naval exhortation to the hands to ‘get a move on’;..from the smacking of paint brushes about the ship's hull by the side party. 6. intransitive. To make or give out a sharp smacking sound; to crack. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of blow or fall > [verb (intransitive)] > smack or slap slip-slap1723 spank1800 smack1890 splat1922 1890 Fishing Gaz. 13 Dec. 321/2 Eels are smacking all round in the star-lit water. 1892 J. Lumsden Sheep-head & Trotters 38 The crowd gart muskets smack there. 7. Used with adverbial force. a. With, or as with, a smack; suddenly and violently; slap. Also with down, through, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adverb] > and suddenly swap1672 slam1726 smack1782 whack1812 wham1924 wham-bam1956 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of blow or fall > [adverb] > smack or slap smackingly1598 smack1782 spank1810 whack1812 spat1890 splat1897 splacka1960 1782 W. Cowper Hist. John Gilpin in Public Advertiser 14 Nov. Smack went the Whip, round went the Wheels. 1799 King George IV in Paget Papers (1896) I. 150 He..tumbled..smack on his face. 1806 H. Siddons Maid, Wife, & Widow II. 101 Smack comes a ball from the enemy and carries away his head. 1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney I. 239 So away I went—smack bang into a quaker's shop to buy myself a pair of gloves. 1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting v. 141 As I ducked under on the lower side he came smack through. b. Completely, entirely; directly. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > utterly allOE allOE outlyOE thwert-outc1175 skerea1225 thoroughc1225 downrightc1275 purec1300 purelyc1300 faira1325 finelyc1330 quitec1330 quitelyc1330 utterlyc1374 outerlya1382 plainlya1382 straighta1387 allutterly1389 starkc1390 oultrelya1393 plata1393 barec1400 outrightc1400 incomparablyc1422 absolutely?a1425 simpliciter?a1425 staringa1425 quitementa1450 properlyc1450 directly1455 merec1475 incomparable1482 preciselyc1503 clean?1515 cleara1522 plain1535 merely1546 stark1553 perfectly1555 right-down1566 simply1574 flat1577 flatly1577 skire1581 plumb1588 dead?1589 rankly1590 stark1593 sheera1600 start1599 handsmooth1600 peremptory1601 sheerly1601 rank1602 utter1619 point-blank1624 proofa1625 peremptorily1626 downrightly1632 right-down1646 solid1651 clever1664 just1668 hollow1671 entirely1673 blank1677 even down1677 cleverly1696 uncomparatively1702 subtly1733 point1762 cussed1779 regularly1789 unqualifiedly1789 irredeemably1790 positively1800 cussedly1802 heart1812 proper1816 slick1818 blankly1822 bang1828 smack1828 pluperfectly1831 unmitigatedly1832 bodaciously1833 unredeemedly1835 out of sight1839 bodacious1845 regular1846 thoroughly1846 ingrainedly1869 muckinga1880 fucking1893 motherless1898 self1907 stone1928 sideways1956 terminally1974 1828 W. Whewell in I. Todhunter William Whewell (1876) II. 90 We have got a decision which is smack against us. 1857 A. Mathews Tea-table Talk II. 128 The wind being smack in their teeth the greater part of the voyage. 1864 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. III. 387 [Cardan] made the bishop smack whole in twenty-four hours. Compounds In combinations. smack-bottom n. a childish expression for a smack on the bottom given in chastisement. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > spanking > a spanking twanking1711 paddling1851 smack-bottom1970 1970 P. Laurie Scotl. Yard iii. 89 ‘Put them down, Pop, or you'll get a smack-bottom.’.. The old man has gone back to babyhood. 1978 K. Amis Jake's Thing xvii. 182 What he needs is a damn good smack-bottom and being told not to be so boring. Draft additions 1993 smacked adj. in various senses; esp. in smacked bottom (cf. smack-bottom n. at Compounds above). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [adjective] > ground well-groundc1500 multured1718 milleda1831 smacked1886 stone-milled1901 stone-ground1905 society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > spanking > a spanking > parts of body spanked smacked bottomc1960 1886 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 17 46 Smacked (ground—as smacked corn). c1960 F. D. Osgerby in J. Burnett Destiny Obscure (1982) i. 90 If any of us cried for some reason she was not aware of we got a smacked bottom. 1983 Times 10 Jan. 22/7 A sort of sub-world of smacked bottoms and scrawny mothers-in-law. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.¹a1000n.²1570n.³1611n.⁴1942v.¹1340v.²1557
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