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(transitive) To get the flavor of. / (intransitive) To have a particular taste; used with of. / (intransitive) To indicate or suggest something; used with of.

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smack

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Source Word

smack

IPA(Pronunciation)

/smæk/

Verb

transitive intransitive

Japanese Meaning

（他動詞）～の味を感じ取る、味わう / （自動詞）特定の味がする / （自動詞）～の印象や雰囲気を示唆する

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Before serving, he smacked the stew to make sure it had the right flavor.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

出す前に彼はシチューを味見して、味がちょうどいいか確かめた。

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Sense（1）

(transitive) To get the flavor of.

He soon smacked the taste of physic hidden in this sweetness.

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Sense（2）

(intransitive) To have a particular taste; used with of.

He had his tea and hot rolls in a morning, while we were battening upon our quarter-of-a-penny loaf — our crug — moistened with attenuated small beer, in wooden piggings, smacking of the pitched leathern jack it was poured from.

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