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smack of something

to have some of the characteristics or qualities of something. The book smacks of having been written by a committee rather than an author with a point of view.

Usage notes: often said about a negative characteristic or quality, as in the example

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However, since he seems a friend of yours, here goes--" And with the gladdest, most grateful sound in the world, the happy smack of a fish back home again in the water, after an appalling three minutes spent on land, that prophetic trout was once more an active unit in God's populous universe. The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context But Queequeg, he had a mortal, barbaric smack of the lip in eating --an ugly sound enough --so much so, that the trembling Dough-Boy almost looked to see whether any marks of teeth lurked in his own lean arms. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context I'd be the better for a smack of the salt water again, and a whiff of the breeze. Beyond the City by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context More results

References in classic literature

However, since he seems a friend of yours, here goes--" And with the gladdest, most grateful sound in the world, the happy smack of a fish back home again in the water, after an appalling three minutes spent on land, that prophetic trout was once more an active unit in God's populous universe.

The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context

But Queequeg, he had a mortal, barbaric smack of the lip in eating --an ugly sound enough --so much so, that the trembling Dough-Boy almost looked to see whether any marks of teeth lurked in his own lean arms.

Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context

I'd be the better for a smack of the salt water again, and a whiff of the breeze.

Beyond the City by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context

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