smacker
See also: smäcker
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From smack + -er. In reference to lips, from the sound of a loud kiss. In reference to money, cf. ackers (influenced in part by the smacking sound that is sometimes produced when cash is transferred from the hand of one person to the hand of another, or placed onto a hard surface such as a table or counter).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ækə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]smacker (plural smackers)
- One who smacks or spanks.
- 2001, Eric F. Fagan, Cast Your Net:
- It makes no difference whether the SMC is the smacker or the smackee. Does the SMC talk about physical violence in a matter-of-fact way? This isn't passion; it is evidence of sickness.
- One who makes a smacking noise, especially while eating.
- (humorous slang) A loud kiss.
- 1991, Gary K. Wolf, Who p-p-plugged Roger Rabbit?, page 236:
- She planted me with a smacker so scorchy it singed my socks.
- (humorous slang) (chiefly in the plural) A lip.
- 1838, Richard Swainson Fisher, Select Translations from the Greek Minor Poets, with Notes, &c. to which are added a few specimens from the Anthologia Graeca[1], page 84:
- Who can doubt then, that ANACREON'S beauty was furnished with a pair of such exquisite smackers.
- 2006, Kym Douglas, Cindy Pearlman, The Black Book of Hollywood Beauty Secrets[2]:
- Paul makes nude a little bit more racy by adding a little gold speckle to create texture on her lips or by rubbing some shimmery cream eye shadow on her kisser and topping it off with some gloss. It's a good way to jump-start your sexy smacker.
- (humorous slang) (chiefly in the plural): A unit of currency, especially a dollar or pound.
Quotations
[edit]- For quotations using this term, see Citations:smacker.