(n.) A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.
(v. i.) Taste or flavor, esp. a slight taste or flavor; savor; tincture; as, a smack of bitter in the medicine. Also used figuratively.
(v. i.) A small quantity; a taste.
(v. i.) A loud kiss; a buss.
(v. i.) A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
(v. i.) A quick, smart blow; a slap.
(adv.) As if with a smack or slap.
(n.) To have a smack; to be tinctured with any particular taste.
(n.) To have or exhibit indications of the presence of any character or quality.
(n.) To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate; to kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.
(n.) To make a noise by the separation of the lips after tasting anything.
(v. t.) To kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.
(v. t.) To open, as the lips, with an inarticulate sound made by a quick compression and separation of the parts of the mouth; to make a noise with, as the lips, by separating them in the act of kissing or after tasting.
(v. t.) To make a sharp noise by striking; to crack; as, to smack a whip.
Example Sentences:
(1) "I think that we've got to treat our kids well, but I don't think we ought to say there's no place ever for smacks.
(2) As a parent himself, he steered a deliberate course on discipline (neither he nor his wife ever smacked their girls) and on external influences - the family did not have a television while the children were young, preferring to read.
(3) But Blair's address - "history will forgive us" - was a dubious exercise in group therapy: the cheers smacked of pathetic gratitude, as he piously pardoned the legislators, as well as himself, for the catastrophe of Iraq.
(4) It's hard to imagine a more masculine character than Thor, who is based on the god of thunder of Norse myth: he's the strapping, hammer-wielding son of Odin who, more often than not, sports a beard and likes nothing better than smacking frost giants.
(5) For every drop shot that was loose, lazy and tossed away a point, there was another that smacked of insouciant brilliance.
(6) As a strategy to enhance Miliband’s standing it was surely flawed and may even smack of desperation, suggesting that their man is locked out of larger media opportunities.
(7) Given what is now known about the way the case was made for launching an arguably illegal war – this country's biggest foreign policy debacle since Suez – Heywood's refusal to release the conversations smacks of a shabby cover-up at worst, or foot-dragging in a moderately more charitable interpretation.
(8) Monsieur Blue open daily midday-2am; Tokyo Eat open daily midday-midnight; Le Smack open midday-midnight Le Musée de la Vie Romantique Cafe Vie Romantique This is one of the most discrete but enchanting Parisian museums, an early 19th-century mansion tucked away down a narrow cul-de-sac in the backstreets of Pigalle.
(9) One Labour source claimed the appointment of Green smacked of “Andy Coulson mark II”, a reference to Cameron’s decision to appoint the former News of the World editor as his press spokesman despite the reports of phone hacking at the newspaper.
(10) For the right, the word "vulnerable" smacks of victimhood, of ducking blame and not holding individuals accountable for their actions.
(11) For everything that matters, as of now, we are smack in the Post-Information Age.
(12) Evgeniy Khorishko, at the Russian embassy in Washington, also denied the claims, telling Itar-Tass that "such horror stories smack of cold war times".
(13) If we’re going to do this groupthink [a blanket ban] I think it would smack of petulance.” Jones added: “I stand by what Tony Abbott said: it [Q&A] is a lefty lynch mob.
(14) The strained efforts of Merkel and Steinmeier to stage a non-confrontational campaign smacked of a conspiracy of silence.
(15) Elements of both sides were looking for trouble and police were smack in the middle of that and that’s the sort of thing that is going to be problematic for us.
(16) That is some going, even by Fifa standards, though it smacks of incompetence and desperation rather than corruption.
(17) But this is a rare moment of good sense in a document that smacks of tactical manoeuvring – of the kind that may cause the corporation strategic harm.
(18) That smacks of bravado as the capital is around 1,000 miles away and the rebels number only 1,500 to 2,500 – and the Congolese army is about 150,000-strong.
(19) As UFC president Dana White tried to pull the two fighters together, Diaz raised his right hand and McGregor bent his left and smacked it away.
(20) Stirling's attempt to refuse the request, calling it "vexatious", smacks of fear.
Spang
Definition:
(v. t.) To spangle.
(v. i.) To spring; to bound; to leap.
(n.) A bound or spring.
(n.) A spangle or shining ornament.
Example Sentences:
(1) I had a theory that the spangly new Premiership, with its cerebral French managers and its pony-tails and its dietary regimes, is a more comfortable environment for the new Adams than the old First Division would have been.
(2) It would be funnier if they showed him decked out in full 70s glam gear throughout, being led to the gallows in a big spangly costume with shoulder pads so huge they get stuck in the hole as he plunges through.
(3) "Even the shadows cast by the spangly roof don't suit a 5.15pm kick off," says Brad McMillan.
(4) 7.31pm GMT I think Iveta is supposed to be the alien out of Mars Attacks in a spangly leotard, but not sure about Mark.
(5) The ever-exuberant rapper took to the stage tonight to perform a much-anticipated duet with Florence Welch, dressed in a suitably spangly silver mini dress.
(6) The vulnerability of the heart towards current has been thoroughly investigated by several authors (Walter, 1969; Dalziel & Lee, 1969; Nickel & Spang, 1965; Kugelberg, 1975).
(7) By our own experiences with 471 stomach resections (gastric ulcers) we have found, that the so-called special situation of ulcer in the old age--from Spang firstly defined--has to be critically discussed.
(8) 'Pay for Christmas presents twice over, with some money left over to spend on Hogmanay celebrations' Stewart Kirkpatrick, head of digital at Yes Scotland , said: "For some things only internet slang is appropriate, thus ... *spang* [the sound of hitting yourself in the shovel in a facepalm style]."
(9) It also reminded me of the colourful, spangly outfits I wore with Slade.
(10) Anybody that's been talked into a corner by someone off their spangly little tits on Es will have shuddered at the thought of an hour-long exploration of the subject.
(11) Who tests us more than Donald Trump?” The decommissioning began with a local school band – 46 students in spangly costumes and tasselled blue and white uniforms – parading through the office, playing The Washington Post march , which was composed by John Philip Sousa in 1889.
(12) The anguish over these two high-profile male presenters focused on their professional merits, unlike the other big TV presenter story of the week, a minor furore generated by Susanna Reid, host of ITV's spangly reboot of Good Morning Britain.