English Dictionary
◊ SMACK
smack
n 1: a blow from a flat object (as an open hand) [syn: {slap}]
2: the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into
the mouth [syn: {relish}, {flavor}, {flavour}, {sapidity},
{savor}, {savour}, {tang}]
3: a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used
in fishing and sailing along the coast
4: a morphine derivative [syn: {heroin}, {diacetyl morphine}, {H},
{horse}, {junk}, {scag}, {shit}]
5: an enthusiastic kiss [syn: {smooch}]
6: the act of smacking something [syn: {smacking}, {slap}]
adv : (informal) directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap
into her" [syn: {bang}, {slap}, {slapdash}, {bolt}]
v 1: deliver a hard blow to; "The teacher smacked the student who
had misbehaved" [syn: {thwack}]
2: have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches
smacked of racism" [syn: {reek}]
3: have a distinctive or characteristic taste; "This tastes of
nutmeg" [syn: {taste}]
4: kiss lightly [syn: {peck}]
5: deliver a smack to; "The teacher smacked the naughty
student"
6: eat noisily by smacking one's lips
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English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN SLACK?
slack
1. Internal fragmentation. Space allocated
to a disk file but not actually used to store useful
information.
2. In the theology of the {Church of the SubGenius},
a mystical substance or quality that is the prerequisite of
all human happiness.
Since {Unix} files are stored compactly, except for the
unavoidable wastage in the last block or fragment, it might be
said that "Unix has no slack".
See {ha ha only serious}.
[{Jargon File}]
(1995-03-01)