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smack1
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See Spanish definition of manotazo
noun
1‘she gave Mark a smack across the face’
SYNONYMS
slap, blow, spank, cuff, clout, thump, punch, rap, swat, thwack, crack
informal whack, clip, biff, wallop, swipe, bop, belt, bash, sock
2‘the parcel landed with a solid smack on the terrace below’
SYNONYMS
bang, crash, thud, thump, wham
3‘she gave him a quick smack on the cheek’
SYNONYMS
kiss, peck
informal smacker
verb
1‘he lost his temper and smacked her’
SYNONYMS
slap, hit, strike, spank, cuff, clout, thump, punch, rap, swat, thwack, crack
put someone over one's knee, make someone feel the back of one's hand, box someone's ears
informal whack, clip, wallop, biff, swipe, bop, belt, bash, sock, give someone a hiding, warm someone's bottom, give someone a hot bottom
British informal slosh
Scottish, Northern English informal skelp, scud
North American informal boff, slug, bust
Australian, New Zealand informal dong, quilt
archaic smite
2‘the waiter smacked a plate on the table’
SYNONYMS
bang, slam, crash, thump, sling, fling
informal bung, plonk
North American informal plunk
adverb
1‘I ran smack into the back of a parked truck’
SYNONYMS
straight, right, directly, squarely, headlong, dead, plumb, point-blank
exactly, precisely
informal slap, bang, slap bang, smack bang
North American informal spang, smack dab
smack2
See US English definition of smack
See UK English definition of smack
See Spanish definition of manotazo
noun
1‘anything with even a modest smack of hops dries the palate’
SYNONYMS
taste, flavour, savour
archaic relish
2‘there was more than a smack of bitterness in his words’
SYNONYMS
trace, tinge, touch, suggestion, hint, scintilla, impression, overtone, air, suspicion, whisper, whiff
Phrases
- a smack in the face
‘this could only be seen as a smack in the face for the government’
SYNONYMS
rebuff, rejection, repulse, snub, insult, affront, put-down, humiliation, blow to one's pride, slap in the face
informal brush-off
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