smack

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From Middle English *smakken, from Middle Dutch smacken (modern Dutch smakken (“to smack, pop, hurl down, crash”)), from Old Dutch *smakkon, from Proto-West Germanic *smak(k)ōn, ultimately of imitative origin. Cognate West Frisian smakke, Middle Low German smacken (“to hit, hurl, fling”), Plautdietsch schmaksen (“to smack the lips”), German schmatzen (“eat noisily”), regional German schmacken, Schmackes (“vigour”) (compare Swedish smak (“slap”), the first part of Saterland Frisian smakmuulje (“to smack, slap”)).

Possibly an Americanized form of German Schmack.

The noun is from Middle English smac, smak, smacke, from Old English smæc, smæċċ (“taste, smatch”), from Proto-West Germanic *smakku, from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz (“a taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *smegh-, *smeg- (“to taste”). The verb is from Middle English smaken. Doublet of smatch (obsolete, “taste”; q.v.), from Old English smæċċan (“to taste, smack”). Cognate with Scots smak (“scent, smell, taste, flavour”), Saterland Frisian Smoak (“taste”), West Frisian smaak (“taste”), Dutch smaak (“taste”), German Schmack, Geschmack (“taste”), Danish smag (“taste”), Swedish and Norwegian smak (“taste”), Norwegian smekke.

From Middle Low German smack (Low German Schmacke, Schmaake (“small ship”)) or Dutch smak, perhaps ultimately related to smakken, imitative of the sails' noise.

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: вкус (vkus) — distinct flavor
• German: Hauch — distinct flavor
• Italian: sentore — distinct flavor
• Polish: posmak — distinct flavor
• Romanian: iz — distinct flavor
• Russian: вкус (vkus) — distinct flavor
• Slovak: príchuť — distinct flavor
• Slovak: chuť — distinct flavor
• Ukrainian: смак (smak) — distinct flavor
• Zazaki: tam (diq) — distinct flavor
• Czech: příchuť — slight trace of something
• German: Ahnung — slight trace of something
• Polish: nuta — slight trace of something
• Russian: при́вкус (prívkus) — slight trace of something
• Russian: налёт (naljót) — slight trace of something
• Slovak: príchuť — slight trace of something
• Ukrainian: при́смак (prýsmak) — slight trace of something
• Ukrainian: присма́чити (prysmáčyty) — to get flavour
• Bulgarian: гемия (gemija) — sailing vessel
• Finnish: smakki — sailing vessel
• German: Schmack — sailing vessel
• Italian: semalo — sailing vessel
• Spanish: sumaca — sailing vessel
• Abkhaz: адаф (adaf) — sharp blow
• Bulgarian: шляпване (šljapvane) — sharp blow
• Esperanto: frapo — sharp blow
• Galician: labazada — sharp blow
• Galician: sopapo — sharp blow
• Hungarian: pofon — sharp blow
• Latin: alapa — sharp blow
• Polish: klaps — sharp blow
• Polish: chlast — sharp blow
• Russian: шлепо́к (šlepók) — sharp blow
• Spanish: sopapo — sharp blow
• Spanish: soplamocos — sharp blow
• Spanish: lapo — sharp blow
• Spanish: pescozón — sharp blow
• Spanish: pescozada — sharp blow
• Spanish: cogotazo — sharp blow
• Turkish: sille — sharp blow
• Turkish: tokat — sharp blow
• Ottoman Turkish: سله (sille) — sharp blow
• Abkhaz: аҿа́ҩра (aĉʼájwra) — to slap someone
• Bulgarian: пляскам (pljaskam) — to slap someone
• Bulgarian: шляпвам (šljapvam) — to slap someone
• Esperanto: frapi — to slap someone
• Finnish: läpsäyttää — to slap someone
• Finnish: läiskäyttää — to slap someone
• Finnish: mäiskäyttää — to slap someone
• Hindi: थप्पड़ मारना (thappaṛ mārnā) — to slap someone
• Italian: schiaffeggiare — to slap someone
• Māori: papaki — to slap someone
• Khiamniungan Naga: húa — to slap someone
• Norman: bailli eune paffe — to slap someone
• Norman: env'yer eune cliaque — to slap someone
• Polish: dawać klapsa — to slap someone
• Polish: klapnąć — to slap someone
• Polish: plasnąć — to slap someone
• Russian: шлёпать (šljópatʹ) — to slap someone
• Russian: шлёпнуть (šljópnutʹ) — to slap someone
• Slovak: plesknúť — to slap someone
• Spanish: lapear — to slap someone
• Spanish: sopapear — to slap someone
• Spanish: abofetear — to slap someone
• Spanish: bofetear — to slap someone
• Spanish: cachetear — to slap someone
• Ukrainian: ля́снути (ljásnuty) — to slap someone
• Bulgarian: мляскам (mljaskam) — to wetly separate the lips making a noise
• Finnish: maiskuttaa — to wetly separate the lips making a noise
• Finnish: mässyttää — to wetly separate the lips making a noise
• Hadza: minca — to wetly separate the lips making a noise
• Hungarian: cuppant — to wetly separate the lips making a noise
• Māori: kotekote — to wetly separate the lips making a noise
• Māori: pākorakora — to wetly separate the lips making a noise
• Māori: pakara — to wetly separate the lips making a noise
• Māori: whakapokara — to wetly separate the lips making a noise
• Māori: kōtamutamu — to wetly separate the lips making a noise
• Māori: kōtamu — to wetly separate the lips making a noise
• Māori: kamikami — to wetly separate the lips making a noise
• Polish: cmokać — to wetly separate the lips making a noise
• Polish: cmoknąć — to wetly separate the lips making a noise
• Russian: чмо́кать (čmókatʹ) — to wetly separate the lips making a noise
• Russian: чмо́кнуть (čmóknutʹ) — to wetly separate the lips making a noise
• Russian: причмо́кивать (pričmókivatʹ) — to wetly separate the lips making a noise
• Russian: причмо́кнуть (pričmóknutʹ) — to wetly separate the lips making a noise
• Slovak: cmuknúť — to wetly separate the lips making a noise
• Ukrainian: чмо́кнути (čmóknuty) — to wetly separate the lips making a noise
• Bulgarian: мляскам (mljaskam) — to kiss with a sound
• Bulgarian: целувам шумно (celuvam šumno) — to kiss with a sound
• Finnish: muiskauttaa — to kiss with a sound
• Polish: cmokać — to kiss with a sound
• Polish: cmoknąć — to kiss with a sound
• Russian: чмокнуть (čmoknutʹ) — to kiss with a sound
• Slovak: cmuknúť — to kiss with a sound
• Ukrainian: цмо́кнути (cmóknuty) — to kiss with a sound
• Ukrainian: чпо́кнути (čpóknuty) — to kiss with a sound