smack
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
Types & categories
- blow hypernym
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Sense 2 verb
deliver a hard blow to
The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved
Types & categories
- hit hypernym
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Sense 3 adverb
directly
he ran bang into the pole
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- colloquialism domain usage
Sense 4 noun
the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
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Sense 5 verb
have an element suggestive (of something)
his speeches smacked of racism
Types & categories
- paint a picture hypernym
Sense 6 noun
a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast
Types & categories
- sailing vessel hypernym
Sense 7 verb
have a distinctive or characteristic taste
This tastes of nutmeg
Types & categories
- taste hypernym
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Sense 8 noun
street names for heroin
Types & categories
- heroin hypernym
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- street name domain usage
Sense 9 verb
kiss lightly
Types & categories
- kiss hypernym
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- smooch derivation
Sense 10 noun
an enthusiastic kiss
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Sense 11 verb
press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating
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- let out hypernym
Sense 12 noun
the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | thwack |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slap |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | blow |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | thwack |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | smacking |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | smacker |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | smack |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hit |
| 3 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | flavor |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | savor |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | savour |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | taste |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | smack |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | mouth-watering |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tart |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | flavorful |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | nippy |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | piquant |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | taste |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | lemon |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | vanilla |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | paint a picture |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | sailing vessel |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | tasting |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | gustation |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | taste |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | sapidity |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | taste |
| 8 | domain usage | Related & opposite | street name |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | heroin |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | smooch |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | kiss |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | smooch |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | peck |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | kiss |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | smacker |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | let out |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | thwack |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | slap |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | blow |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | spank |