[ noun ] the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand <noun.act>
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.
Smacking \Smack"ing\, n. A sharp, quick noise; a smack.
Like the faint smacking of an after kiss. --Dryden.
Smacking \Smack"ing\, a. Making a sharp, brisk sound; hence, brisk; as, a smacking breeze.
For now, because of the Gibraltar government's rejection of anything smacking of a Spanish takeover, there is a lull in negotiations between Spain and Britain on the colony's future.
Even some of those nominally in supervisory roles scoff at anything smacking of traditional management techniques.
Zerman cut the lead to one by smacking a seven-iron to two inches of the pin on the 168-yard 24th hole, and rolled in a chip shot of his own for a birdie two holes later.
You continue smacking the ball until you reach the "green," whereupon a diagram shows you where to place your ball relative to the hole.
While Roberts pinned the shocked driver to his seat, Ms. Mahoon embraced her child and swept her off the bus, smacking a teacher who tried to block their escape.
An abrupt decision to float PNG's currency, the kina, last October, may not have helped, smacking for some of the country's familiar unpredictability.