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  • 1smack — smack1 [smak] n. [ME smac < OE smæc, akin to Ger ( ge)schmack < IE base * smeg(h) , to taste > Lith smaguriaúti, to nibble] 1. a distinctive taste or flavor, esp. one that is faint or slight 2. a) a small amount; bit b) a touch, trace,… …

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  • 2smack — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English smæc; akin to Old High German smac taste and probably to Lithuanian smaguris sweet tooth Date: before 12th century 1. characteristic taste or flavor; also a perceptible taste or tincture 2. a… …

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  • 3Smack — Smack, n. [OE. smak, AS. ssm?c taste, savor; akin to D. smaak, G. geschmack, OHG. smac; cf. Lith. smagus pleasant. Cf. {Smack}, v. i.] 1. Taste or flavor, esp. a slight taste or flavor; savor; tincture; as, a smack of bitter in the medicine. Also …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4smack — smack1 /smak/, n. 1. a taste or flavor, esp. a slight flavor distinctive or suggestive of something: The chicken had just a smack of garlic. 2. a trace, touch, or suggestion of something. 3. a taste, mouthful, or small quantity. v.i. 4. to have a …

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  • 5smack — I [[t]smæk[/t]] n. 1) a taste or flavor, esp. a slight flavor distinctive or suggestive of something 2) a trace or suggestion of something 3) to have a taste, flavor, trace, or suggestion: a compliment that smacks of condescension[/ex] •… …

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  • 6smack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. clap, whack, slap; kiss, buss; savor, tastiness, flavor, gusto, relish, taste. See impulse, endearment. v. slap, strike, smite, whack; taste, savor; smack of, recall, call to mind. See similarity,… …

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  • 7smack — I n 1. taste, flavor, savor; sniff, scent, tang, tincture, pungency, aroma; relish, sapor, sapidity; essence, character, zest, piquancy, poignancy. 2. trace, hint, idea, tinge, suspicion, soupcon; touch, speck, sprinkling, dusting, dash. 3.… …

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  • 8smack — I. v. n. 1. Taste, have a taste, have a flavor. 2. Have a tincture, have a quality, have a savor. 3. Kiss (loudly), buss. II. v. a. 1. Kiss (loudly), buss. 2. Crack, snap, slash …

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  • 9smack — Synonyms and related words: Amytal, Amytal pill, Demerol, Dolophine, H, Luminal, Luminal pill, M, Mickey Finn, Nembutal, Nembutal pill, Seconal, Seconal pill, Tuinal, Tuinal pill, abruptly, aftertaste, alcohol, amobarbital sodium, analgesic,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 10smack of — 1) the tea smacked of tannin Syn: taste of, have the flavor of 2) the plan smacked of self promotion Syn: suggest, hint at, have overtones of, give the impression of, have the stamp of, seem like; smell of, reek of …

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