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Antonyms for smack

Grammar : Adv, verb
Spell : smak
Phonetic Transcription : smæk

Definition of smack

Origin :
  • "a taste, flavor, savor" especially a slight flavor that suggests something, from Old English smæc "taste; scent, odor," from Proto-Germanic *smak- (cf. Old Frisian smek, Middle Dutch smæck, Dutch smaak, Old High German smac, German Geschmack, Swedish smak, Danish smag), from a Germanic and Baltic root *smeg- meaning "to taste" (cf. Lithuanian smaguriai "dainties," smagus "pleasing"). Meaning "a trace (of something)" is attested from 1530s.
  • adv directly, exactly
  • verb strike, often with hand
Example sentences :
  • My eyes ached and my lips prinkled with the smack of the powder.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The deck of the smack below promised to mash the American into a pulp.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • She called him her "slapjack" and would tell him to come and have his smack!
  • Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
  • It's wrong of them to smack her, for she will never put up with it.
  • Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
  • I can't; last time I saw him he said when he caught me again he'd smack my head.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Age » by Kenneth Grahame
  • All at once he dropped his umbrella and struck one hand into the palm of the other with a smack.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • After leaving the mill at Sulby, Pete made his home in the cabin of the smack.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • I've talked to you before, but this time I'm going to smack you bow-legged.
  • Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • Catch answered that Smack and he had been fighting, and that Smack had broken his leg.
  • Extract from : « The Superstitions of Witchcraft » by Howard Williams
  • The smack had put to in a little bay, where the water was quiet.
  • Extract from : « The Coming Conquest of England » by August Niemann

Synonyms for smack

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