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verb | noun | adverb smacksmack1 /smæk/ verb ETYMOLOGYsmack1Origin: 1400-1500 Perhaps from Middle Dutch smacken to hit. smack of 1300-1400 From smack taste (11-21 centuries), from Old English smæc VERB TABLEsmack |
Present | I, you, we, they | smack | | he, she, it | smacks | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | smacked | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have smacked | | he, she, it | has smacked | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had smacked | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will smack | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have smacked |
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Present | I | am smacking | | he, she, it | is smacking | | you, we, they | are smacking | Past | I, he, she, it | was smacking | | you, we, they | were smacking | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been smacking | | he, she, it | has been smacking | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been smacking | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be smacking | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been smacking |
THESAURUStouch somebody/something hard► hit to touch someone or something hard and quickly with your hand, a stick, etc.: I thought she was going to hit me. ► punch to hit someone hard with your closed hand, especially in a fight: Steve punched him in the nose. ► thump to hit someone or something hard with your closed hand: Harris thumped him on the back. ► beat to hit someone or something deliberately many times: He had been robbed and beaten. ► beat somebody up to hurt someone badly by hitting him or her many times: A bunch of drunks beat him up. ► slap to hit someone with the flat part of your hand, especially because you are angry with him or her: I felt like slapping his face. ► smack to hit someone or something, usually with your open hand: Rick smacked him in the face. ► spank to hit a child on their bottom with your open hand, as a punishment: His mother spanked him for lying. ► strike formal to hit someone or something very hard: He struck her on the side of the head and knocked her down. ► tap to gently hit your fingers or foot against something: I tapped him on the shoulder. ► knock to hit a door or window with your closed hand in order to attract the attention of the people inside: Someone was knocking on the door. ► rap to knock quickly several times: She rapped on his window angrily. ► pound to knock very hard, making a lot of noise: Thomas pounded on the door with his fist. ► bang to hit something hard several times, making a lot of noise: A policeman was banging on the door. ► hammer to hit something very hard several times, making a lot of noise: They hammered on my door until I opened up. ► bash to hit someone or something hard, in a way that causes damage: The police bashed the door down. 1[intransitive, transitive] to hit or crash into something, or to hit something against something else so that it makes a short loud noise: smack into The plane smacked into the side of the mountain.smack something against/into etc. something Canseco smacked the last pitch into the left-field seats.► see thesaurus at hit12smack your lips to make a short loud noise with your lips because you are hungry3[transitive] to hit someone hard with your hand: He turned and smacked me in the chest.smack of something phrasal verb formal to seem to have a particular quality: Their failure to publish the article smacks of censorship. verb | noun | adverb smacksmack2 noun ETYMOLOGYsmack2Origin: (1-2, 4) 1500-1600 ➔ SMACK1 (3) 1900-2000 Perhaps from Yiddish shmek sniff, slight smell, small mount of snuff (5) 1600-1700 Dutch smak 1[countable] a hard hit with your hand: She gave Danny’s hand a smack.2[countable] a short loud noise, caused especially when something hits something else3give somebody a smack on the lips/cheek informal to kiss someone loudly4[uncountable] slang the illegal drug heroin verb | noun | adverb smacksmack3 adverb informal 1smack (dab) in the middle exactly or directly in the middle of something: We found ourselves smack in the middle of a huge fight.2if something moves smack into or against something, it hits it with a lot of force, making a loud noise: I drove smack into the side of the garage. |