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  1.                 From GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English, version 0.54:
                    

    Smack, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Smacked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Smacking.] [OE. smaken to taste, have a taste, -- from the noun; cf. AS. smecan taste; akin to D. smaken, G. schmecken, OHG. smechen to taste, smach<?>n to have a taste (and, derived from the same source, G. schmatzen to smack the lips, to kiss with a sharp noise, MHG. smatzen, smackzeen), Icel. smakka to taste, Sw. smaka, Dan. smage. See 2d {Smack}, n.]

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

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    2. To have or exhibit and indication or suggestion of the presence of any character or quality; to have a taste, or flavor; -- used with of; as, “a remark smacking of contempt”.

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    All sects, all ages, smack of this vice.

    -- Shak.

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    3. 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.

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

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  2.                 From GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English, version 0.54:
                    

    Smacking, n. A sharp, quick noise; a smack.

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    Like the faint smacking of an after kiss.

    -- Dryden.

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  3.                 From GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English, version 0.54:
                    

    Smacking (smăkˈĭng), a. Making a sharp, brisk sound; hence, brisk; as, “a smacking breeze”.

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