Smack

English Meaning

A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.

1. To press together and open (the lips) quickly and noisily, as in eating or tasting.
2. To kiss noisily.
3. To strike sharply and with a loud noise.
4. To make or give a smack.
5. To collide sharply and noisily: The ball smacked against the side of the house.
6. The loud sharp sound of smacking.
7. A noisy kiss.
8. A sharp blow or slap.
9. With a smack: fell smack on her head.
10. Directly: "We were smack in the middle of another controversy about a public man's personal life” ( Ellen Goodman).
11. A distinctive flavor or taste.
12. A suggestion or trace.
13. A small amount; a smattering.
14. To have a distinctive flavor or taste. Used with of.
15. To give an indication; be suggestive. Often used with of: "an agenda that does not smack of compromise” ( Time).
16. A fishing boat sailing under various rigs, according to size, and often having a well used to transport the catch to market.
17. Slang Heroin.