smack

smack
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noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ firm (BrE), good, hard
▪ light
▪ loud, resounding
▪

He landed with a loud smack.

VERB + SMACK
▪ give sb, land (sb)
▪

He longed to land her a good smack in the face.

▪ get
PREPOSITION
▪ with a smack
▪

She brought her hand down on the water with a smack.

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verb
1 (esp. BrE) hit sb as a punishment
ADVERB
▪ hard
▪

I'll smack you very hard if you do that again!

PREPOSITION
▪ on
▪

She smacked the boy on the leg.

2 hit sb/sth
ADVERB
▪ accidentally
▪

I accidentally smacked him in the face with a ruler.

▪ hard
▪

I smacked him hard across the face.

PREPOSITION
▪ against, into
▪

He turned around and smacked into a wall.

PHRASES
▪ smack sb across the face, smack sb in the face, smack sb on the shoulder, smack sb upside the head (AmE)
▪

He smacked me in the face.

▪

The teacher smacked me upside the head.

PHRASAL VERB
smack of sth
ADVERB
▪ a little, slightly, etc.
▪

This move smacks a little of desperation.

▪ just
▪

It just smacks of paranoia.

▪ strongly, too much
▪

Today's announcement smacks strongly of a government cover-up.

Smack is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bottom, ↑fist, ↑forehead, ↑lip

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