The difference between Clock and Smack
When used as nouns, clock means an instrument used to measure or keep track of time, whereas smack means a distinct flavor, especially if slight.
When used as verbs, clock means to measure the duration of, whereas smack means to get the flavor of.
Smack is also adverb with the meaning: as if with a smack or slap.
check bellow for the other definitions of Clock and Smack
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Clock as a noun:
An instrument used to measure or keep track of time; a non-portable timepiece.
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Clock as a noun (British):
The odometer of a motor vehicle.
Examples:
"This car has over 300,000 miles on the clock."
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Clock as a noun (electronics):
An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules.
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Clock as a noun:
The seed head of a dandelion.
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Clock as a noun:
A time clock.
Examples:
"I can't go off to lunch yet: I'm still on the clock."
"We let the guys use the shop's tools and equipment for their own projects as long as they're off the clock."
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Clock as a noun (computing, informal):
A CPU clock cycle, or T-state.
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Clock as a verb (transitive):
To measure the duration of.
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Clock as a verb (transitive):
To measure the speed of.
Examples:
"He was clocked at 155 miles per hour."
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Clock as a verb (transitive, slang):
To hit (someone) heavily.
Examples:
"When the boxer let down his guard, his opponent clocked him."
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Clock as a verb (slang):
To take notice of; to realise; to recognize someone or something
Examples:
"'Clock the wheels on that car!"
"He finally clocked that there were no more cornflakes."
"A trans person may be able to easily clock other trans people."
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Clock as a verb (British, slang):
To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle.
Examples:
"I don't believe that car has done only 40,000 miles. It's been clocked.'"
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Clock as a verb (transitive, New Zealand, slang):
To beat a video game.
Examples:
"Have you clocked that game yet?"
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Clock as a noun:
A pattern near the heel of a sock or stocking.
Examples:
"rfquotek Jonathan Swift"
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Clock as a verb (transitive):
To ornament (e.g. the side of a stocking) with figured work.
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Clock as a noun:
A large beetle, especially the European dung beetle ().
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Clock as a verb (Scotland, intransitive, dated):
To make the sound of a hen; to cluck.
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Clock as a verb (Scotland, intransitive, dated):
To hatch.
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Smack as a noun:
A distinct flavor, especially if slight.
Examples:
"rice pudding with a smack of cinnamon"
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Smack as a noun:
A slight trace of something; a smattering.
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Smack as a noun (slang, uncountable):
Heroin.
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Smack as a verb (transitive):
To get the flavor of.
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Smack as a verb (intransitive):
To indicate or suggest something; used with of.
Examples:
"Her reckless behavior smacks of pride."
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Smack as a verb (intransitive):
To have a particular taste; used with of.
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Smack as a noun:
A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack
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Smack as a noun:
A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.
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Smack as a noun:
A loud kiss.
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Smack as a noun:
A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
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Smack as a verb:
To slap someone.
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Smack as a verb:
To make a smacking sound.
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Smack as a verb (New Zealand):
To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (US spank)
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Smack as a verb:
To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat.
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Smack as a verb:
To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate.
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Smack as an adverb:
As if with a smack or slap; smartly; sharply.
Examples:
"Right smack bang in the middle."