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smack
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /smæk/
- Rhymes: -æk
Etymology 1
From Middle English smac, smak, smacke, from Old English smæc, smæ?? (“taste, smatch”), from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz (“a taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *smeg?-, *smeg- (“to taste”). Cognate with English dialectal smatch, Scots smak (“scent, smell, taste, flavour”), Saterland Frisian Smoak (“taste”), West Frisian smaak (“taste”), Dutch smaak (“taste”), German Schmack, Geschmack (“taste”), Swedish and Norwegian smak (“taste”), Norwegian smekke . Akin to Old English smæ??an (“to taste, smack”). More at smake, smatch.
Noun
smack (countable and uncountable, plural smacks)
- A distinct flavor, especially if slight.
- rice pudding with a smack of cinnamon
- A slight trace of something; a smattering.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- He was not sailorly, and yet he had a smack of the sea about him too.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- (slang, uncountable) Heroin.
- (Northern England) A form of fried potato; a scallop.
Derived terms
- foresmack
- smackless
Translations
Verb
smack (third-person singular simple present smacks, present participle smacking, simple past and past participle smacked)
- (transitive) To get the flavor of.
- 1827, Thomas Carlyle (translator), Johann August Musæus, "Melechsala" (1782-86); in German Romance I. 175
- He soon smacked the taste of physic hidden in this sweetness.
- 1827, Thomas Carlyle (translator), Johann August Musæus, "Melechsala" (1782-86); in German Romance I. 175
- (intransitive) To indicate or suggest something; used with of.
- Her reckless behavior smacks of pride.
- (intransitive) To have a particular taste; used with of.
- 1820-25, Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia
- He had his tea and hot rolls in a morning, while we were battening upon our quarter-of-a-penny loaf — our crug — moistened with attenuated small beer, in wooden piggings, smacking of the pitched leathern jack it was poured from.
- 1820-25, Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia
Derived terms
- smack of
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German smack (Low German Schmacke, Schmaake (“small ship”)) or Dutch smak, perhaps ultimately related to smakken, imitative of the sails' noise.
Noun
smack (plural smacks)
- A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack
- A group of jellyfish.
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “smack”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Etymology 3
From Middle Dutch smacken, of imitative origin.
Akin to German schmatzen (“eat noisily”), Dutch smakken (“to fling down”), Plautdietsch schmaksen (“to smack the lips”), regional German schmacken, Schmackes (“vigour”) (compare Swedish smak (“slap”), Middle Low German smacken, the first part of Saterland Frisian smakmuulje (“smack”)).
Noun
smack (plural smacks)
- A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.
- The sound of a loud kiss.
- A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
smack (third-person singular simple present smacks, present participle smacking, simple past and past participle smacked)
- To slap or hit someone.
- To make a smacking sound.
- 1832, Banjamin Disraeli, Contarini Fleming
- A horse neighed, and a whip smacked, there was a whistle, and the sound of a cart wheel.
- 1832, Banjamin Disraeli, Contarini Fleming
- (New Zealand) To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (US spank)
- To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat.
- 1763, Robert Lloyd, “A Familiar Epistle” in St. James Magazine:
- But when, obedient to the mode / Of panegyric, courtly ode / The bard bestrides, his annual hack, / In vain I taste, and sip and smack, / I find no flavour of the Sack.
- 1763, Robert Lloyd, “A Familiar Epistle” in St. James Magazine:
- To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate.
Translations
Adverb
smack (not comparable)
- As if with a smack or slap; smartly; sharply.
- Right smack bang in the middle.
Derived terms
- smack-dab
Further reading
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Anagrams
- macks
Swedish
Noun
smack n
- (in the phrase "inte ett smack") smidgeon, piece, small bit
See also
- inte ett smack
Anagrams
- macks
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swack
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /swæk/
Etymology 1
From Scots swack, from Middle English swac (“weak”), from Old English *swæc (found in derivative swæceh?ow (“weakmindedness, nonsense”)), from Proto-West Germanic *swak (“weak”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian swäk, West Frisian swak, Dutch zwak, German Low German swack, German schwach.
Adjective
swack (comparative swacker, superlative swackest)
- (Scotland) Lithe; nimble.
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 37:
- it came the turn of a brave young childe with a red head and the swackest legs you ever saw, […] and as soon as he began the drill you saw he'd carry off the prize.
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 37:
Synonyms
- gracile, svelte, willowy; see also Thesaurus:slender and Thesaurus:flexible
Etymology 2
Unknown.
Noun
swack (plural swacks)
- (slang) A large number or amount of something.
- She gave me a swack of books.
Etymology 3
Considered dialect by Wright, but now widespread. Scottish National Dictionary proposes an origin in Old Scots (Middle English) swak ("to throw violently"). Compare Scots swak, swack (“to throw with violent force, dash", also "a hard blow or whack”). Compare also Middle Dutch swacken (“to shake, wave”).
Noun
swack (plural swacks)
- Synonym of smack
- A sharp blow.
- The sound of a sharp blow.
- A wet sound such as a loud kiss.
- A striking stimulus.
- A sharp blow.
- An attack, a swipe.
- A single attempt or instance of taking action; a crack; a go.
- clout; influence.
- A gulp or hearty swallow.
Verb
swack (third-person singular simple present swacks, present participle swacking, simple past and past participle swacked)
- To smack.
- To slap or hit.
- To make a swack (sound).
- To slap or hit.
- To consume with hearty enjoyment.
- To labour; to exert an effort.
Adverb
swack (comparative more swack, superlative most swack)
- With a swack, to the point of touching.
Etymology 4
Noun
swack (plural swacks)
- A bum or petty thief.
References
- “swack” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- Wright, Joseph (1904) The English Dialect Dictionary?[1], volume 5, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 859
Anagrams
- Wacks, cawks, wacks
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
swak +? -k
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /swat?sk/
Noun
swack m
- Diminutive of swak (brother-in-law)
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