Tra từ smack - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

smack [smack smacks smacked smacking] verb, noun, adverb BrE [smæk] NAmE [smæk]
verb
1. transitive ~ sb/sth (especially BrE)to hit sb with your open hand, especially as a punishment
•I think it's wrong to smack children.
•Do that again and you'll get your bottom smacked.
compare ↑spank
2. transitive ~ sth + adv./prep. to put sth somewhere with a lot of force so that it makes a loud noise
Syn: ↑bang
•She smacked her hand down on to the table.
•He smacked a fist into the palm of his hand.
3. intransitive + adv./prep. to hit against sth with a lot of force
Syn: ↑crash
•Two players accidentally smacked into each other.
see lick/smack your lips at ↑lip
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
v. and n. senses 1 to 4 adv. mid 16th cent. ‘part (one's lips) noisily’ Middle Dutch smacken German schmatzen ‘eat or kiss noisily’ Old English smæc ‘flavour, smell’ Germanic Dutch smaak German Geschmack n. sense 6 early 17th cent. Dutch smak n. sense 5 1940s Yiddish shmek ‘a sniff’

Example Bank:
•He smacked me in the face.
•He turned around and smacked into a wall.
•I accidentally smacked him in the face with a ruler.
•I smacked him hard across the face.
•I'll smack you very hard if you do that again!
•It just smacks of paranoia.
•She smacked the boy on his leg.
•The teacher smacked me upside the head.
•This move smacks a little of desperation.
•Today's announcement smacks strongly of a government cover-up.
•Do that again and you'll get your bottom smacked.
•I think it's wrong to smack children.
Derived: ↑smack of something ▪ ↑smack somebody up

noun
1. countable (especially BrE)a sharp hit given with your open hand, especially to a child as a punishment
•You'll get a smack on your backside if you're not careful.
2. countable (informal)a hard hit given with a closed hand
Syn: ↑punch
•a smack on the jaw
3. countable, usually singular a short loud sound
•She closed the ledger with a smack.
4. countable (informal)a loud kiss
•a smack on the lips/cheek
5. uncountable (slang)the drug ↑heroin
•smack addicts
6. countable (BrE)a small fishing boat

Word Origin:
v. and n. senses 1 to 4 adv. mid 16th cent. ‘part (one's lips) noisily’ Middle Dutch smacken German schmatzen ‘eat or kiss noisily’ Old English smæc ‘flavour, smell’ Germanic Dutch smaak German Geschmack n. sense 6 early 17th cent. Dutch smak n. sense 5 1940s Yiddish shmek ‘a sniff’

Example Bank:
•He longed to land her a good smack in the face.
•She brought her hand down on the water with a smack.
•You'll get a smack on your backside if you're not careful.

adverb (informal)
1. (NAmE also ˈsmack-dab)exactly or directly in a place
•It landed smack in the middle of the carpet.
•She kissed me smack on the lips.
2. with sudden, violent force, often making a loud noise
•The car drove smack into a brick wall.
•He hit me smack in the mouth.

Word Origin:
v. and n. senses 1 to 4 adv. mid 16th cent. ‘part (one's lips) noisily’ Middle Dutch smacken German schmatzen ‘eat or kiss noisily’ Old English smæc ‘flavour, smell’ Germanic Dutch smaak German Geschmack n. sense 6 early 17th cent. Dutch smak n. sense 5 1940s Yiddish shmek ‘a sniff’