smack – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of smack

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to smack of
Participle: smacked of
Gerund: smacking of

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ismack of
yousmack of
he;she;itsmacks of
wesmack of
yousmack of
theysmack of

Perfect

Ihave smacked of
youhave smacked of
he;she;ithas smacked of
wehave smacked of
youhave smacked of
theyhave smacked of

Past

Ismacked of
yousmacked of
he;she;itsmacked of
wesmacked of
yousmacked of
theysmacked of

Pluperfect

Ihad smacked of
youhad smacked of
he;she;ithad smacked of
wehad smacked of
youhad smacked of
theyhad smacked of

Future

Iwill smack of
youwill smack of
he;she;itwill smack of
wewill smack of
youwill smack of
theywill smack of

Future Perfect

Iwill have smacked of
youwill have smacked of
he;she;itwill have smacked of
wewill have smacked of
youwill have smacked of
theywill have smacked of

Subjunctive

Present

Ismack of
yousmack of
he;she;itsmack of
wesmack of
yousmack of
theysmack of

Perfect

Ihave smacked of
youhave smacked of
he;she;ithave smacked of
wehave smacked of
youhave smacked of
theyhave smacked of

Imperfect

Ismacked of
yousmacked of
he;she;itsmacked of
wesmacked of
yousmacked of
theysmacked of

Pluperfect

Ihad smacked of
youhad smacked of
he;she;ithad smacked of
wehad smacked of
youhad smacked of
theyhad smacked of

Conditional

Present

Iwould smack of
youwould smack of
he;she;itwould smack of
wewould smack of
youwould smack of
theywould smack of

Perfect

Iwould have smacked of
youwould have smacked of
he;she;itwould have smacked of
wewould have smacked of
youwould have smacked of
theywould have smacked of

Imperative

yousmack of
weLet's smack of
yousmack of

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam smacking of
youare smacking of
he;she;itis smacking of
weare smacking of
youare smacking of
theyare smacking of

Perfect

Ihave been smacking of
youhave been smacking of
he;she;ithas been smacking of
wehave been smacking of
youhave been smacking of
theyhave been smacking of

Past

Iwas smacking of
youwere smacking of
he;she;itwas smacking of
wewere smacking of
youwere smacking of
theywere smacking of

Pluperfect

Ihad been smacking of
youhad been smacking of
he;she;ithad been smacking of
wehad been smacking of
youhad been smacking of
theyhad been smacking of

Future

Iwill be smacking of
youwill be smacking of
he;she;itwill be smacking of
wewill be smacking of
youwill be smacking of
theywill be smacking of

Future Perfect

Iwill have been smacking of
youwill have been smacking of
he;she;itwill have been smacking of
wewill have been smacking of
youwill have been smacking of
theywill have been smacking of

Conditional

Present

Iwould be smacking of
youwould be smacking of
he;she;itwould be smacking of
wewould be smacking of
youwould be smacking of
theywould be smacking of

Perfect

Iwould have been smacking of
youwould have been smacking of
he;she;itwould have been smacking of
wewould have been smacking of
youwould have been smacking of
theywould have been smacking of

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'smack'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'smack'

mack, sack, shack, slack, smaak, smock, snack, stack, back, black,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to perceive with the tongue; to detect flavours
gust, smake, smatch, taste

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. The noun is from Middle English smac, smak, smacke, from Old English smæc, smæċċ (“taste, smatch”), from Proto-West Germanic *smakku, from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz (“a taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *smegʰ-, *smeg- (“to taste”). The verb is from Middle English smaken. Doublet of smatch (obsolete, “taste”; q.v.), from Old English smæċċan (“to taste, smack”).
2. Cognate with Scots smak (“scent, smell, taste, flavour”), Saterland Frisian Smoak (“taste”), West Frisian smaak (“taste”), Dutch smaak (“taste”), German Schmack, Geschmack (“taste”), Danish smag (“taste”), Swedish and Norwegian smak (“taste”), Norwegian smekke. See: Middle English 'smaken'.

Verbs referencing "smack"

German, old spelling schmecken, German, Pennsylvania schmecke, Luxembourgish schmaachen, German, Pennsylvania schmacke.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] being opened, or if our number had been something less than thirty; but there was scarcely time to think as much, when a train of three horses was attached to the tow-rope, the boy upon the leader smacked his whip, the rudder creaked and groaned complainingly, and we had begun our journey. (American Notes for General Circulation)