smacking

smack (something) down on(to) (something)

To set something down onto something else with a smack. She smacked the newspaper down on my desk, demanding an explanation for the article about our company's involvement in the scandal. He came up, smacked a search warrant down onto the table, and proceeded to turn my apartment upside down.
See also: down, smack

smack down

1. To beat or thrash someone very thoroughly and conclusively, whether in a fight or in a contest. I won't hesitate smacking you down if you don't shut your mouth right this minute! The team smacked their opponents down in the semifinals.
2. To set something down (onto something else) with a smack. A noun or pronoun can be used between "smack" and "down." She smacked the newspaper down on my desk, demanding an explanation for the article about our company's involvement in the scandal. He came up, smacked down a search warrant, and proceeded to turn my apartment upside down.
3. To dismiss, disprove, or refute something with great ease, efficacy, and authority. A noun or pronoun can be used between "smack" and "down." The scientist smacked down the conspiracy theorist's arguments during the live debate. The television program specializes in smacking popular myths down by testing them in real life.
See also: down, smack

smack one out

vulgar slang To masturbate. Said especially of a male.
See also: one, out, smack

smack out

1. To cause something to come out (of something else) by striking it forcefully. (In each usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "smack" and "out.") Back before vacuum cleaners were invented, you used to have to smack the dirt out of your rugs with a paddle.
2. To produce something with or as a result of smacking. I smacked out a beat on an upturned trashcan while Sarah started rapping.
3. Of a batsman in baseball, to earn some outcome as a result of hitting the ball. He stepped up to the plate and smacked out a triple on his very first swing.
4. To produce something very quickly, especially with little care, attention, or effort. I've gotten so used to writing these grant proposals that I can usually smack one out in an hour or two.
See also: out, smack

smack up

To beat someone physically, especially without causing severe or lasting injury. A noun or pronoun can be used between "smack" and "up." I knew some kids in school whose parents smacked them up at home for being disobedient. Take a couple of men with you and go smack up that witness. Teach him why it's a bad idea to testify against me next week.
See also: smack, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

smack someone down

 
1. Lit. to knock a person down or cause a person to retreat with a slap or a blow. He tried to touch her again and she smacked him down. She smacked down the rude fellow.
2. Fig. to rebuke someone. she smacked him down by telling him that he didn't fit in there anymore. He has a way of smacking down people who ask stupid questions.
See also: down, smack

smack something down (on something)

 and smack something down (onto something)
to slap something down onto something. He smacked his bet down onto the table, angry with his mounting losses. Todd smacked down his hand on the table. She smacked her dollar down and grabbed up the newspaper.
See also: down, smack
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • bear down
  • champ down on (someone or something)
  • be down to (do something)
  • be down to something
  • blaze down
  • blaze down on (someone or something)
  • bite down on (something)
  • bog
  • bog down
  • bogged down
References in periodicals archive
"Like any disciplinary tactics, the effects of smacking depend upon how it is used.
'Don't ban smacking' - academic
Result - i was always in trouble for smacking bad kids at school, cos i couldn't understand why only my parents were allowed to.
Is it right to smack a child? You speak out
If their mum or dad is smacking them, they don't always copy, but don't complain if they start smacking you back or start hitting other kids in the playground, because that is what they're seeing.
Is it ever OK to smack a child?
"It is for others to judge what all this means - and that is the decision that the Assembly will face this autumn as it debates new laws on a smacking ban."
Smacking children 'potentially' harmful'
Mr Craig believes switching to Australia's version of the smacking law would be a more sensible approach.
NZ Party Leader Colin Craig Calls Smacking Law 'Stupid', Admits to Smacking Child
We cannot say no complet-ely to smacking or corporal punishment.
Where to draw the line
Andrew Flanagan, head of the NSPCC, agrees "smacking is not an effective punishment", said laws are confusing and added that smacking should be banned completely.
Allowing parents to smack children
It was the 2004 Children Act that prompted confusion of smacking and contributed to the current crisis.
Spank ban a crying shame for us all
Mr Lammy has set out his support changing the smacking laws in his book Out Of The Ashes: After The Riots.
MP urges easing of laws on smacking
Germany banned smacking 10 years ago unlike Britain, where "light" smacking of children is legal.
End smacking to stop crime, says German; EXCLUSIVE Thanks to science, we are all going to live longer and longer in Grey Britain
I'M told there are moves in Parliament to bring in a Bill to outlaw smacking. If they succeed, I will again oppose it, which seems odd when I abhor smacking and long for a world in which every child is free from fear.
I fear mission-creep over smacking law
Each time, the experimenter started with a plain face followed by a series of displays that included sticking out the tongue, opening the mouth, smacking the lips, opening a hand, and spinning a face-sized colored disk.
Copycat monkeys
Had I not witnessed this nasty little family incident I would now be pontificating about the need not to have a change in the law that prevents the smacking of children.
Why smacking must be banned
Rachel Hodgkin, from the campaign group Children Are Unbeatable, said: 'The prevalence of smacking is no surprise which is why we have always argued for a change in the law.'
Smacking poll
KATHLEEN Marshall, Scotland's new Children's Tsar, was engulfed in a fresh row yesterday after she admitted smacking her own children.
Row over kids' tsar