Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SMACK, n.

1. A loud kiss. – Shak.
2. A quick sharp noise, as of the lips or of a whip.
3. Taste; savor; tincture. Spenser. – Carew.
4. Pleasing taste. – Tusser.
5. A quick smart blow.
6. A small quantity; a taste. – Dryden.
7. [D. smakschip. Lye supposes it to be the Sax. snacca, from snaca, snake, and so named from its form. Qu.] A small vessel, commonly rigged us a cutter, used in the coasting and fishing trade. – Mar. Dict.