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Headbutt vs Smack - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between headbutt and smack

is that headbutt is a sharp blow delivered by driving the head into the opponent, generally by lowering the head and charging forward or by rapidly tilting the head backward and then forward while smack is a distinct flavor.

As verbs the difference between headbutt and smack

is that headbutt is to deliver a sharp blow by driving the head into an opponent while smack is to indicate or suggest something.

As an adverb smack is

as if with a smack or slap.

headbutt

English

(wikipedia headbutt)

Alternative forms

* head butt, head-butt

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sharp blow delivered by driving the head into the opponent, generally by lowering the head and charging forward or by rapidly tilting the head backward and then forward.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To deliver a sharp blow by driving the head into an opponent.

    • See also

    * butt heads with * butthead * butt * Glasgow kiss

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    smack

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) smac, smak, smacke, from (etyl) . More at smake, smatch.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A distinct flavor.
  • A slight trace of something; a smattering.
  • * 1883 ,
    • He was not sailorly, and yet he had a smack of the sea about him too.
  • (slang) Heroin.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To indicate or suggest something.
    • Her reckless behavior smacks of pride.
  • * Shakespeare
    • All sects, all ages, smack of this vice.
  • To have a particular taste.
    • Derived terms
    * smack of

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) smack (Low German .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a .

    • Etymology 3

    From or akin to (etyl) ).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.
  • A loud kiss.
  • * Shakespeare
    • a clamorous smack
  • A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To slap someone, or to make a smacking sound.
  • * (Benjamin Disraeli)
    • A horse neighed, and a whip smacked , there was a whistle, and the sound of a cart wheel.
  • (New Zealand) To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (US spank)
  • To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or 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.
  • To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate.

    • Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • As if with a smack or slap
    • Right smack bang in the middle.
    Derived terms
    * smack-dab

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