Noun

• S: (n) smack, smacking, slap (the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• S: (n) spank (a slap with the flat of the hand)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (v) smack [Related to: smack, smacking] (deliver a hard blow to) "The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved"
• W: (v) slap [Related to: slap] (hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand) "The impatient teacher slapped the student"; "a gunshot slapped him on the forehead"
• derivationally related form
• Overview
• S: (n) slap, smack (a blow from a flat object (as an open hand))
• S: (n) smack, smacking, slap (the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand)
• S: (v) slap (hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand) "The impatient teacher slapped the student"; "a gunshot slapped him on the forehead"
• S: (adv) bang, slap, slapdash, smack, bolt (directly) "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"
• synset

Verb

• S: (v) smack, thwack (deliver a hard blow to) "The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved"
• S: (v) smack, reek, smell (have an element suggestive (of something)) "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism"
• S: (v) smack, taste (have a distinctive or characteristic taste) "This tastes of nutmeg"
• S: (v) smack, peck (kiss lightly)
• S: (v) smack (press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating)