smacking
smart, brisk, or strong, as a breeze.
Chiefly British Slang. smashing.
Origin of smacking
1Other words from smacking
- smack·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use smacking in a sentence
Here's our pick of the most lip-smacking U.S. food festivals for summer 2014.
“Yelling and screaming and smacking me,” Thicke half-raps on the dark, paranoid track.
Robin Thicke’s ‘Paula’ Is What You Shouldn’t Do When You Get Dumped | Andrew Romano | June 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat about the law against the IRS smacking Tea Party-type nonprofits over the head with a two-by-four?
PJ’s Political Forecast: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatheads | P. J. O’Rourke | March 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe did a pretty good job at first, but she did get a little bit hurt by smacking her bow arm with the string.
‘Catching Fire’: How Jennifer Lawrence Learned to Shoot a Bow and Arrow | Kevin Fallon | November 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Daily Mail reports with lip-smacking partisanship below.
They scorned the idea of making bunks, as smacking too much of civilization, and at night slept on boughs covered with blankets.
The Rival Campers | Ruel Perley SmithHe went into the room below, knocked the neck off a wine bottle and poured the contents into a mug and drank, smacking his lips.
The Light That Lures | Percy BrebnerWe had enough for baked apples and cream all winter, anyhow, Stella reckoned, smacking her lips at the thought.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonThey slackened their talk and began smacking their lips over ship-biscuit, marmalade, and tea.
Tramping on Life | Harry Kemp"Ah, I perceive that we are going to have hot biscuits for supper tonight," remarked Phil, smacking his lips.
The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers | Claude A. Labelle
British Dictionary definitions for smacking
/ (ˈsmækɪŋ) /
brisk; lively: a smacking breeze
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