Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to smack
Participle: smacked
Gerund: smacking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | smack |
| you | smack |
| he;she;it | smacks |
| we | smack |
| you | smack |
| they | smack |
Perfect
| I | have smacked |
| you | have smacked |
| he;she;it | has smacked |
| we | have smacked |
| you | have smacked |
| they | have smacked |
Past
| I | smacked |
| you | smacked |
| he;she;it | smacked |
| we | smacked |
| you | smacked |
| they | smacked |
Pluperfect
| I | had smacked |
| you | had smacked |
| he;she;it | had smacked |
| we | had smacked |
| you | had smacked |
| they | had smacked |
Future
| I | will smack |
| you | will smack |
| he;she;it | will smack |
| we | will smack |
| you | will smack |
| they | will smack |
Future Perfect
| I | will have smacked |
| you | will have smacked |
| he;she;it | will have smacked |
| we | will have smacked |
| you | will have smacked |
| they | will have smacked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | smack |
| you | smack |
| he;she;it | smack |
| we | smack |
| you | smack |
| they | smack |
Perfect
| I | have smacked |
| you | have smacked |
| he;she;it | have smacked |
| we | have smacked |
| you | have smacked |
| they | have smacked |
Imperfect
| I | smacked |
| you | smacked |
| he;she;it | smacked |
| we | smacked |
| you | smacked |
| they | smacked |
Pluperfect
| I | had smacked |
| you | had smacked |
| he;she;it | had smacked |
| we | had smacked |
| you | had smacked |
| they | had smacked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would smack |
| you | would smack |
| he;she;it | would smack |
| we | would smack |
| you | would smack |
| they | would smack |
Perfect
| I | would have smacked |
| you | would have smacked |
| he;she;it | would have smacked |
| we | would have smacked |
| you | would have smacked |
| they | would have smacked |
Imperative
| you | smack |
| we | Let's smack |
| you | smack |
Verbs conjugated like 'smack'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'smack'
mack,
sack,
shack,
slack,
smaak,
smock,
snack,
stack,
back,
black,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to perceive with the tongue; to detect flavours
- gust, smake, smatch, taste
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. The noun is from Middle English smac, smak, smacke, from Old English smæc, smæċċ (“taste, smatch”), from Proto-West Germanic *smakku, from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz (“a taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *smegʰ-, *smeg- (“to taste”). The verb is from Middle English smaken. Doublet of smatch (obsolete, “taste”; q.v.), from Old English smæċċan (“to taste, smack”).
2. Cognate with Scots smak (“scent, smell, taste, flavour”), Saterland Frisian Smoak (“taste”), West Frisian smaak (“taste”), Dutch smaak (“taste”), German Schmack, Geschmack (“taste”), Danish smag (“taste”), Swedish and Norwegian smak (“taste”), Norwegian smekke. See: Middle English '
smaken'.
Verbs referencing "smack"
German, old spelling
schmecken, German, Pennsylvania
schmecke, Luxembourgish
schmaachen, German, Pennsylvania
schmacke.
Sample Sentences
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[...] being opened, or if our number had been something less than thirty; but there was scarcely time to think as much, when a train of three horses was attached to the tow-rope, the boy upon the leader smacked his whip, the rudder creaked and groaned complainingly, and we had begun our journey.
(American Notes for General Circulation)