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smacking


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Smack  \Smack\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Smacked};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Smacking}.]  [OE.  smaken  to  taste,  have  a  taste,  --  from  the 
  noun  cf  AS  smecan  taste;  akin  to  D.  smaken,  G.  schmecken, 
  OHG.  smechen  to  taste,  smach?n  to  have  a  taste  (and,  derived 
  from  the  same  source,  G.  schmatzen  to  smack  the  lips,  to  kiss 
  with  a  sharp  noise,  MHG.  smatzen  smackzeen),  Icel  smakka  to 
  taste,  Sw  smaka  Dan.  smage.  See  2d  {Smack},  n.] 
  1.  To  have  a  smack;  to  be  tinctured  with  any  particular 
  taste. 
 
  2.  To  have  or  exhibit  indications  of  the  presence  of  any 
  character  or  quality. 
 
  All  sects,  all  ages,  smack  of  this  vice.  --Shak. 
 
  3.  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. 
 
  4.  To  make  a  noise  by  the  separation  of  the  lips  after 
  tasting  anything 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Smacking  \Smack"ing\,  n. 
  A  sharp,  quick  noise;  a  smack. 
 
  Like  the  faint  smacking  of  an  after  kiss.  --Dryden. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Smacking  \Smack"ing\,  a. 
  Making  a  sharp,  brisk  sound;  hence  brisk;  as  a  smacking 
  breeze. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  smacking 
  n  :  the  act  of  smacking  something  [syn:  {smack},  {slap}] 




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