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smack

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Noun

  1. A distinct flavor, especially if slight.
  2. A slight trace of something; a smattering.
  3. Heroin.
  4. A form of fried potato; a scallop.
  5. A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack
  6. A group of jellyfish.
  7. A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.
  8. The sound of a loud kiss.
  9. A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.

Verb

  1. To get the flavor of.
  2. To have a particular taste; used with of.
  3. To indicate or suggest something; used with of.
  4. To slap or hit someone.
  5. To make a smacking sound.
  6. To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (normal U.S. and Canadian term spank)
  7. To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat.
  8. To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate.

Adverb

  1. As if with a smack or slap; smartly; sharply.

Proper noun

  1. An Apache-based solution stack consisting of Spark, Mesos, Akka, Cassandra, and Kafka.
  2. A surname from German.

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