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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