Smack vs False - What's the difference?
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A distinct flavor.
A slight trace of something; a smattering.
* 1883 ,
(slang) Heroin.
To indicate or suggest something.
* Shakespeare
To have a particular taste.
A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a .
A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.
A loud kiss.
* Shakespeare
A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
To slap someone, or to make a smacking sound.
* (Benjamin Disraeli)
(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 :
To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate.
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun smack
is a distinct flavor or smack can be a small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a or smack can be a sharp blow; a slap see also: spank .As a verb smack
is to indicate or suggest something or smack can be to slap someone, or to make a smacking sound.As an adverb smack
is as if with a smack or slap.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.smack
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) smac, smak, smacke, from (etyl) . More at smake, smatch.Noun
(en noun)- He was not sailorly, and yet he had a smack of the sea about him too.
Derived terms
* (l)Verb
(en verb)- Her reckless behavior smacks of pride.
- All sects, all ages, smack of this vice.
Derived terms
* smack ofEtymology 2
From (etyl) smack (Low German .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 3
From or akin to (etyl) ).Noun
(en noun)- a clamorous smack
Verb
(en verb)- A horse neighed, and a whip smacked , there was a whistle, and the sound of a cart wheel.
- 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.
Derived terms
* smack-dabAnagrams
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English
Adjective
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