smack vs tang

smack

noun
  • A distinct flavor, especially if slight. 

  • A group of jellyfish. 

  • A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank. 

  • The sound of a loud kiss. 

  • A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack 

  • A slight trace of something; a smattering. 

  • A form of fried potato; a scallop. 

  • A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip. 

  • Heroin. 

verb
  • To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (normal U.S. and Canadian term spank) 

  • To slap or hit someone. 

  • To have a particular taste; used with of. 

  • To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat. 

  • To indicate or suggest something; used with of. 

  • To get the flavor of. 

  • To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate. 

  • To make a smacking sound. 

adv
  • As if with a smack or slap; smartly; sharply. 

tang

noun
  • A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. 

  • A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself. 

  • A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang. 

  • A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part. 

  • Any of a group of saltwater fish from the family Acanthuridae, especially the genus Zebrasoma. 

  • sexual intercourse with a woman 

  • knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed) 

  • The vagina. 

  • A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor. 

  • The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened. 

  • A shuffleboard paddle. 

  • The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock. 

  • Anything resembling a tongue in form or position such as the tongue of a buckle. 

  • The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle. 

verb
  • To make a ringing sound; to ring. 

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