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smacks definition and meaning

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.

Crossword clues for smacks

- Distinctive flavour
- Hit with open hand
- Slap
- Slap loudly
- Strike
- Fishing boats
- Hits
- Slaps
- Strikes
- Whacks truck on board