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A sound, a slap, a hit of heroincontext decides if it's love or violence

means To strike sharply with an open hand or flat object, or the loud sound such a hit makesalso a noisy kiss, and slang for heroin.

from Likely imitative in originthe word itself mimics the sharp 'smack' sound of a slap or a kiss, much like 'crack' or 'whack.' It's related to older Germanic and Low German forms (compare Dutch 'smakken,' to strike or fling down), all echoing that abrupt percussive noise. The heroin sense is a separate, much later 20th-century slang twist, possibly from Yiddish 'schmeck' meaning 'a sniff' or 'a taste,' which drifted into the drug world and got reshaped to sound like the familiar 'smack.'

heroin slangFrom Yiddish schmeck, meaning a sniff or taste
jellyfish groupA cluster of jellyfish is called a smack
kiss noiseThe loud lip-smack that named the affectionate gesture
trash talkSmack talk dates to boxing and basketball locker rooms
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