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SMACKING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does smacking mean?
• SMACKING (noun)
The noun SMACKING has 1 sense:
1. the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
Familiarity information: SMACKING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("smacking" is a kind of...):
blow (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "smacking"):
spank (a slap with the flat of the hand)
Derivation:
smack (deliver a hard blow to)
Context examples
Mr. Micawber read on, almost smacking his lips: To wit, in manner following, that is to say.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) Facial and Oral Movements, Lips and perioral area, e.g., puckering, pouting, smacking.
(AIMS - Lips and Perioral Area, NCI Thesaurus)
Rhythmic blinking of the eyelids or lip smacking frequently accompanies the seizure.
(Petit Mal Epilepsy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
For anything I know, he was eating something to keep the raw morning air out; but he made motions with his mouth as if the pear were ripe already, and he were smacking his lips over it.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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