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3. roguish, impish, puckish, waggish, elfish, prankish, mischievous; naughty, scampish, arch, Scot. hempy; playful, sportive, frolicsome, full or fond of mischief. -n. 4. on the sly undercover, covertly, clandestinely, stealthily, surreptitiously, slyly, Scot. stownlins, Scot. and North Eng. pawkily; in secret, secretively, Inf. under the table or counter, SI. on the quiet, SI. on the Q.T.; furtively, underhandedly, sneakily, behind [s.o.'s] back, like a thief in the night.
smack1, n. 1. taste, flavor, savor; sniff, scent, tang, tincture, pungency, aroma; relish, sapor, sapidity; essence, character, zest, piquancy, poignancy.
2. trace, hint, idea, tinge, suspicion, soupfon; touch, speck, sprinkling, dusting, dash.
3. mouthful, bite, morsel, tidbit; chew, Dial, chaw, bit, crumb, grain; thimbleful, spoonful, ounce, dollop, splash; shot, Inf. swig, SI. hit, SI. slug, drop, dot, driblet; Inf. little taste, sample, test bite or slice, sampling.
-v.4. Usu.
smack of resemble, be similar to, be like, bear resemblance to; appear like, seem like, sound like; look like, take after, favor, remind one of, bring to mind; have the earmarks of, have the stamp of, have the hallmark of; approximate, come close to, come near to; follow the fashion of, parallel, follow, correspond to; accord with, copy, simulate, imitate, counterfeit.
smack2, v. 1. strike, slap, hit, smite, thwack; cuff, buffet, knock, punch, box; Inf. clout, Inf. slug, Inf whack, Inf. knock [s.o.'s] block off, Inf. crown, SI. bash, SI. bop, SI. plug, SI. belt, SI. sock; beat, batter, pound, lay on, SI. lay into; pommel, pummel, pelt, SI. paste.
2. drive, hit hard, impel, push forward; slam, hammer, pound, bang, tap smartly, drive in or home, Inf. send home.
-n. 3. blow, hit, bastinado, punch, Inf. wallop, Inf. whomp; thwack, slap, Inf. clout.
4. Informal. kiss, loud kiss, Inf. buss, Inf. smooch, osculation; salute, accolade, handkiss. -adv. 5. Informal, directly, straight, Inf. smack-dab, plumb.
small, adj. 1. little, tiny, teeny, pint-sized; wee, mini, short, Inf. sawed-off, snub; Inf. teeny-weeny, Inf. itty-bitty, Inf. itsy-bitsy, Inf. itty, Inf. eensy-ween-sy; Lilliputian, elfin, like Tom Thumb, pygmy, dwarf, Inf. peewee; baby, bantam, diminutive, (of a woman) petite, minikin; midget, miniature, miniscule, minute, atomic; puny, runty, stunted, bonsaied, dwarfed, scrubby, shrunken.
2. thin, slender, slight, dainty, slim, lean, spare, gracile; narrow as an arrow, thin as six o'clock, slender as a thread, thin as a reed, reed-like; tapered, indented, narrow, drawn out, fine-drawn, attenuated; narrow-ish, isthmian, narrow-gauged, like a needle's eye.
3. brief, limited, abbreviated; curt, compact, condensed, terse, succinct, laconic, clipped, concise.
4. insufficient, inadequate, wanting, skimpy, scanty, scant; meager, Inf. dinky, exiguous; too little, too small, piddling, not enough; unsatisfactory, unequal to the need or demand, incommensurate; nominal, negligible, Inf. measly, mere, beggarly, poor.
5. unimportant, trifling, minor, secondary; nugatory, inconsequential, insignificant, inappreciable; not vital, immaterial, obscure, unknown, unnoticed; lesser, subordinate, lower, second-fiddle; subsidiary, ancillary, second-class, third-class, small-time, minor-league, bush, 'oush-league; small-town, one-horse, SI. two-bit, SI. tinhorn, SI. small potatoes, small-fry; SI. mickey-mouse, baby, small-time, SI. rinky-dink, Inf. no great shakes, Dial, no account; (all of a business) small-scale, private, individual, owner-run, mom-and-pop.
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