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smack (1)

smack [ smak ]


verb  (past and past participle smacked, present participle smack·ing, 3rd person present singular smacks)
Definition:
 
1. transitive and intransitive verb slap somebody: to hit somebody with a quick stinging and usually noisy blow with the palm of the hand

2. intransitive verb hit against something noisily: to strike against, collide with, or land in something with a sharp loud noise

3. transitive verb press lips together: to press the lips together and then open them with a short loud noise



noun  (plural smacks)
Definition:
 
1. slap: a sharp quick blow with the palm of the hand

2. noisy sound: a sharp loud noise made when one thing strikes another

3. loud kiss: a brief noisy kiss



adverb 
Definition:
 
1. with loud noise: with a sharp loud noise or collision

2. directly: directly or precisely
I was smack in the middle of getting ready to leave when you called.

[Mid-16th century. < Middle Low German smacken "open the lips noisily," an imitation of the sound]
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