Smack

v. i. [imp. & p. p. SMACKED (smăkt); p. pr. & vb. n. SMACKING.] [A-S. smeccan, to taste, Icel. smacka, Sw. smaka, Dan. smage, D. smaken, O. H. Ger. smechan, N. H. Ger. schmecken; L. Ger. smacken, to smack, D. smakken, Sw. smacka, M. H. Ger. smackezen, Prov. Ger. schmacksen, schmeckezen, N. H. Ger. schmatzen, Dan. smadske, smatte.]

1. To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate; to kiss with violence; to buss.
2. To make a noise by the separation of the lips, after tasting any thing.
3. To have a taste; to be tinctured with any particular taste.
4. To have, or exhibit, natural indications of the presence or influence, as of any character or quality.

All sects, all ages, smack of this vice. Shak.

v. t. 1. To kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.

2. To open, as the lips, with an inarticulate sound made by a quick compression and separation of the parts of the mouth; to make a noise with, as the lips, by separating them in the act of kissing or after tasting. “Drinking off the cup, and smacking his lips with an air of ineffable relish.” W. Scott.
3. To make a sharp noise by striking; to crack; as, to smack a whip.

n. [A-S. smæc, smæcc, taste, savor, D. smak, a cast, stroke.]

1. A loud kiss; a buss. Shak.
2. A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
3. Taste; flavor; savor;—especially, a pleasing taste.
4. Hence, influence. “They felt the smack of this world.” Latimer.
5. A quick, smart blow; a slap. Johnson.
6. A small quantity; a taste. Dryden.

Smack-smooth, in a reckless way, regardless of consequences; also, smoothly level.