smacking

Verb (1)

smack (third-person singular simple present smacks, present participle smacking, simple past and past participle smacked)

1. (transitive) To get the flavor of.
   • He soon smacked the taste of physic hidden in this sweetness.1827, Thomas Carlyle (translator), Johann August Musæus, "Melechsala" (1782-86); in German Romance I. 175
2. (intransitive) To have a particular taste; used with of.
   • He had his tea and hot rolls in a morning, while we were battening upon our quarter-of-a-penny loaf — our crug — moistened with attenuated small beer, in wooden piggings, smacking of the pitched leathern jack it was poured from.1820-25, Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia
3. (intransitive) To indicate or suggest something; used with of.
   • Her reckless behavior smacks of pride.

   Synonyms:

   reek

Verb (2)

smack (third-person singular simple present smacks, present participle smacking, simple past and past participle smacked)

1. To slap or hit someone.
2. To make a smacking sound.
   • A horse neighed, and a whip smacked, there was a whistle, and the sound of a cart wheel.1832, Benjamin Disraeli, Contarini Fleming
3. (especially outside of North America) To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (normal U.S. and Canadian term spank)

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