What does smacking mean?

Definitions for smacking
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. smack, smacking, slapnoun

    the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

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  1. smacking

    Smacking refers to the action of striking or hitting someone or something forcefully, typically with a hand, often making a loud, sharp sound. It can also refer to creating a specific noise with your mouth, such as when eating or expressing satisfaction. Additionally, in a colloquial use, it can refer to remarkable or outstanding, often used to describe something in a positive manner.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Smacking

    of Smack

  2. Smackingnoun

    a sharp, quick noise; a smack

  3. Smackingadjective

    making a sharp, brisk sound; hence, brisk; as, a smacking breeze

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of smacking in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of smacking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of smacking in a Sentence

  1. Police Commissioner Anthony Batts:

    And if you saw in one scene you had one mother who grabbed their child who had a hood on his head and she started smacking him on the head because she was so embarrassed, i wish I had more parents that took charge of their kids out there tonight.

  2. Kanye West:

    Because when you keep on diminishing art and not respecting the craft and smacking people in their face after they deliver monumental feats of music, you're disrespectful to inspiration, and we as musicians have to inspire people who go to work every day, and they listen to that Beyonce album and they feel like it takes them to another place.

  3. Dacher Keltner:

    It was nearly always the person who'd been named the leader, in addition, the leaders were more likely to eat with their mouths open, lips smacking, and crumbs falling onto their clothes.

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