smack one's lipsとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From 古期英語 smæċ (“taste, smatch”), from Proto-Indo-European *smak (“to taste”); compare German schmecken (“to taste”). Akin to 古期英語 smeccan (“to taste, smack”). More at smatch

名詞

smack (複数形 smacks)

1. A distinct flavor.
2. A slight trace of something; a smattering.
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     He was not sailorly, and yet he had a smack of the sea about him too.

3. (slang) heroin.

動詞

smack (三人称単数 現在形 smacks, 現在分詞 smacking, 過去形および過去分詞形 smacked)

1. To indicate or suggest something.

   Her reckless behavior smacks of pride.

派生語

• smack of

語源 2

From Low German smack, Dutch smak

名詞

smack (複数形 smacks)

1. A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and so called a Fishing smack.

語源 3

From or akin to Dutch, smakken "to fling down", Low German smacken "to strike, throw," regional German schmacken (compare Swedish smak "slap", Middle Low German smacken, Frisian smakke).

名詞

smack (複数形 smacks)

1. A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.
2. A loud kiss.

動詞

smack (三人称単数 現在形 smacks, 現在分詞 smacking, 過去形および過去分詞形 smacked)

1. To slap someone, or to make a smacking sound.
2. To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, in expectation of a treat.
   • 1763, Robert Lloyd, “A Familiar Epistle” in St. James Magazine:

     But when, obedient to the mode / Of panegyric, courtly ode / The bard bestrides, his annual hack, / In vain I taste, and sip and smack, / I find no flavour of the Sack.

副詞

smack (not comparable)

1. As if with a smack or slap

   Right smack bang in the middle.

派生語

• smack-dab

アナグラム

• macks