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Smack vs Thump - What's the difference?

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Thump is a synonym of smack.



As nouns the difference between smack and thump

is that smack is a distinct flavor while thump is a blow that produces a muffled sound.

As verbs the difference between smack and thump

is that smack is to indicate or suggest something while thump is to hit (someone or something) as if to make a thump.

As an adverb smack

is as if with a smack or slap.

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

    Anagrams

    * ----

    thump

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a blow that produces a muffled sound
  • * Tatler
    • The watchman gave so great a thump at my door, that I awaked at the knock.
  • the sound of such a blow; a thud

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To hit (someone or something) as if to make a .
  • * (William Shakespeare)
    • These bastard Bretons, whom our fathers / Have in their own land beaten, bobb'd, and thump'd .
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 19, author=Jonathan Stevenson, work=BBC
    • , title= Leeds 1-3 Arsenal , passage=Kasper Schmeichel brilliantly denied Marouane Chamakh before Bacary Sagna thumped home a second, though Bradley Johnson's screamer halved the deficit.}}
  • To thud or pound.
  • To throb with a muffled rhythmic sound.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Travels and travails , passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}