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Thud vs Smack - What's the difference?

thud | smack |

As nouns the difference between thud and smack

is that thud is the sound of a dull impact while 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 verbs the difference between thud and smack

is that thud is to make the sound of a dull impact while 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.

thud

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The sound of a dull impact.
  • * 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 3
    • These were but the thoughts of a second, but the voices were nearer, and I heard a dull thud far up the passage, and knew that a man had jumped down from the churchyard into the hole.
  • Republic jet ground attack fighter.

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make the sound of a dull impact.

    • Synonyms

    * flump, plunk

    Coordinate terms

    * clang, clash, crash English onomatopoeias ----

    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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