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Smooch vs. Smack — What's the Difference?

Smooch vs. Smack — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Smooch and Smack

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Smooch

A kiss.

Smack

A sharp slap or blow, typically one given with the palm of the hand
She gave Mark a smack across the face

Smooch

To kiss.

Smack

A flavour or taste of
Anything with even a modest smack of hops dries the palate

Smooch

(informal) A kiss, especially that which is on the cheek.
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Smack

A single-masted sailing boat used for coasting or fishing
The village still harbours a few fishing smacks

Smooch

To kiss.
They smooched in the doorway.

Smack

Heroin
I was out scoring smack

Smooch

Alternative form of smutch

Smack

Strike (someone or something), typically with the palm of the hand and as a punishment
Jessica smacked his face, quite hard

Smooch

See Smutch.

Smack

Part (one's lips) noisily in eager anticipation or enjoyment of food or drink
Morgan drank half the Scotch and smacked his lips

Smooch

An enthusiastic kiss

Smack

Crack (a whip)
The four postilions smacked their whips in concert

Smooch

Snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others

Smack

Have a flavour of; taste of
The tea smacked strongly of tannin

Smack

In a sudden and violent way
I ran smack into the back of a parked truck

Smack

Exactly; precisely
Our mother's house was smack in the middle of the city

Smack

To press together and open (the lips) quickly and noisily, as in eating or tasting.

Smack

To kiss noisily.

Smack

To strike sharply and with a loud noise.

Smack

To make or give a smack.

Smack

To collide sharply and noisily
The ball smacked against the side of the house.

Smack

To have a distinctive flavor or taste. Used with of.

Smack

To give an indication; be suggestive. Often used with of
"an agenda that does not smack of compromise" (Time).

Smack

The loud sharp sound of smacking.

Smack

A noisy kiss.

Smack

A sharp blow or slap.

Smack

A distinctive flavor or taste.

Smack

A suggestion or trace.

Smack

A small amount; a smattering.

Smack

A fishing boat sailing under various rigs, according to size, and often having a well used to transport the catch to market.

Smack

Heroin.

Smack

With a smack
Fell smack on her head.

Smack

Directly
"We were smack in the middle of another controversy about a public man's personal life" (Ellen Goodman).

Smack

A distinct flavor, especially if slight.
Rice pudding with a smack of cinnamon

Smack

A slight trace of something; a smattering.

Smack

Heroin.

Smack

(Northern England) A form of fried potato; a scallop.

Smack

A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack

Smack

A group of jellyfish.

Smack

A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.

Smack

The sound of a loud kiss.

Smack

A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.

Smack

(transitive) To get the flavor of.

Smack

(intransitive) To have a particular taste; used with of.

Smack

(intransitive) To indicate or suggest something; used with of.
Her reckless behavior smacks of pride.

Smack

To slap or hit someone.

Smack

To make a smacking sound.

Smack

(especially outside of North America) To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (normal U.S. and Canadian term spank)

Smack

To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat.

Smack

To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate.

Smack

As if with a smack or slap; smartly; sharply.
Right smack bang in the middle.

Smack

A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.

Smack

Taste or flavor, esp. a slight taste or flavor; savor; tincture; as, a smack of bitter in the medicine. Also used figuratively.
So quickly they have taken a smack in covetousness.
They felt the smack of this world.

Smack

A small quantity; a taste.

Smack

A loud kiss; a buss.

Smack

A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.

Smack

A quick, smart blow; a slap.

Smack

A slang term for heroin.

Smack

As if with a smack or slap.

Smack

To have a smack; to be tinctured with any particular taste.

Smack

To have or exhibit indications of the presence of any character or quality.
All sects, all ages, smack of this vice.

Smack

To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate; to kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.

Smack

To make a noise by the separation of the lips after tasting anything.

Smack

To kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.

Smack

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.

Smack

To make a sharp noise by striking; to crack; as, to smack a whip.

Smack

A blow from a flat object (as an open hand)

Smack

The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

Smack

A sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast

Smack

Street names for heroin

Smack

An enthusiastic kiss

Smack

The act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

Smack

Deliver a hard blow to;
The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved

Smack

Have an element suggestive (of something);
His speeches smacked of racism

Smack

Have a distinctive or characteristic taste;
This tastes of nutmeg

Smack

Kiss lightly

Smack

Eat noisily by smacking one's lips

Smack

Directly;
He ran bang into the pole
Ran slap into her

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