smacks+(verb)

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• smack of — verb To seem like; to appear or give an impression or feeling of; to arouse suspicion of. This smacks of dishonesty, but I cant say why …   Wiktionary

• smack — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ firm (BrE), good, hard ▪ light ▪ loud, resounding ▪ He landed with a loud smack …   Collocations dictionary

• smack of — 1 the tea smacked of tannin: TASTE OF, have the flavour of. 2 the plan smacked of self promotion: SUGGEST, hint at, have overtones of, give the impression of, have the stamp of, seem like; smell of, reek of. → smack * * * ˈsmack of [transitive]… …   Useful english dictionary

• smack — [[t]smæ̱k[/t]] smacks, smacking, smacked 1) VERB If you smack someone, you hit them with your hand. [V n] She smacked me on the side of the head. N COUNT Smack is also a noun. Sometimes he just doesn t listen and I end up shouting at him or… …   English dictionary

• smack — 1 verb (T) 1 to hit a child with your hand in order to punish them: To bed now, or I ll smack your bottom! 2 to hit something against something else so that it makes a short loud noise: smack sth against/into etc: He smacked his fist against his… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• smack — I UK [smæk] / US verb Word forms smack : present tense I/you/we/they smack he/she/it smacks present participle smacking past tense smacked past participle smacked * [transitive] to hit someone with your flat hand or a flat object I don t believe… …   English dictionary

• smack of — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms smack of : present tense I/you/we/they smack of he/she/it smacks of present participle smacking of past tense smacked of past participle smacked of smack of something to be a sign of something bad Going out… …   English dictionary

• smack — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English smæc; akin to Old High German smac taste and probably to Lithuanian smaguris sweet tooth Date: before 12th century 1. characteristic taste or flavor; also a perceptible taste or tincture 2. a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• smack — smack1 [ smæk ] verb 1. ) transitive to hit someone with your flat hand or a flat object: I don t believe it s right to smack children when they re being naughty. a ) transitive BRITISH INFORMAL to hit someone with your FIST (=closed hand): He… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• exaggerate — [[t]ɪgzæ̱ʤəreɪt[/t]] exaggerates, exaggerating, exaggerated 1) VERB If you exaggerate, you indicate that something is, for example, worse or more important than it really is. He thinks I m exaggerating... Don t exaggerate... [V n] Sheila admitted …   English dictionary

• Comma — For other uses, see Comma (disambiguation). , Comma Punctuation apostrophe …   Wikipedia