Translations for „smack“ in the English » German Dictionary

smack¹ [smæk] N no pl sl

smack

Heroin nt

to be on smack

heroinabhängig sein

I . smack² [smæk] N

1. smack (slap):

smack

[klatschender] Schlag

a smack on the bottom

ein fester Klaps auf den Hintern

to give sb a smack on the jaw

jdm eine knallen inf

2. smack (hearty kiss):

smack

Schmatz[er] m

3. smack (loud noise):

smack

Knall m

II . smack² [smæk] ADV inv

1. smack (exactly):

smack

direkt

his shot landed smack in the middle of the target

sein Schuss landete haargenau im Zentrum der Zielscheibe

2. smack (forcefully):

smack

voll inf

I walked smack into a lamp post

ich lief voll gegen einen Laternenpfahl

III . smack² [smæk] VB trans

1. smack (slap):

to smack sb

jdm eine knallen inf

to smack sb's bottom

jdm den Hintern versohlen

to smack a ball esp Am SPORTS

einen Ball schlagen

2. smack (slap sth against sth):

to smack sth on sth

etw auf etw acc knallen

to smack one's lips

mit den Lippen schmatzen

IV . smack² [smæk] VB intr

to smack of sth

nach etw dat riechen inf

he avoids anything that smacks of commitment

er geht allem aus dem Weg, was nach Bindung riecht

smack N

User Entry

smack

Klaps m

ˈfish·ing smack N

fishing smack

Fischkutter m

ˈsmack-bang, ˈsmack-dab Am ADV inv inf

1. smack-bang (exactly):

smack-bang

genau

she lives smack-bang in the middle of London

sie wohnt mitten in London

2. smack-bang (directly and forcefully):

smack-bang

voll inf

he drove smack-bang into the garden gate

er fuhr voll in das Gartentor

ˈsmack head N sl

smack head

Heroinabhängige(r) f(m)

ˈsmack-talk·er N Am pej inf

smack-talker

jd, der aus Spaß Gesprächspartner verunsichert, die dann den Faden verlieren

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to smack a ball esp Am SPORTS

einen Ball schlagen

to smack sb's bottom

jdm den Hintern versohlen

to smack one's lips

mit den Lippen schmatzen

to smack one's chops Am sl

[mit den Lippen] schmatzen

to be on smack

heroinabhängig sein

a smack on the bottom

ein fester Klaps auf den Hintern

to smack sb in the puss

jdm in die Fresse hauen coarse

I walked smack into a lamp post

ich lief voll gegen einen Laternenpfahl

Show more

he drove smack-bang into the garden gate

er fuhr voll in das Gartentor

to give sb a smack on the jaw

jdm eine knallen inf

she lives smack-bang in the middle of London

sie wohnt mitten in London

his shot landed smack in the middle of the target

sein Schuss landete haargenau im Zentrum der Zielscheibe

Show less

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

People say our demands smack of communalism.

en.wikipedia.org

He was sublimely egotistical, but somehow his egotism did not smack of conceit and was not offensive.

en.wikipedia.org

Does the whole situation smack of mind control?

www.theglobeandmail.com

To begin with, he avoids anything that might smack of belief.

www.telegraph.co.uk

The biggest smack of it all is, what's to prevent this from happening every year?

sportsday.dallasnews.com

We're pretty sure it was taken in her bathroom... and doesn't smack of desperation at all.

www.mirror.co.uk

After everything's set up, it's just a quick smack of the button and you're capturing.

www.kotaku.com.au

And not just a stage slap but a real, honest-to-goodness, face smack.

www.huffingtonpost.com

The inclusion of a stock character, or in literary terms an archetypal character, by a playwright can risk drawing overly simplistic pictures of people and smack of stereotyping.

en.wikipedia.org

But often they smack of the past -- the immediate, the forgotten and the distant.

www.thehindu.com