smack of
phrasal verb
smacked of; smacking of; smacks of
: to seem to contain or involve (something unpleasant)
That suggestion smacks of hypocrisy.
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This two-time silver medalist at the Great American Beer Festival (2017 and 2023) smacks of cocoa, dark plums and pumpernickel.
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Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Removing and replacing up to 50,000 career civil servants with political loyalists smacks of corruption Americans won’t tolerate.
—Laura Rodriguez, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2025
Keith drives in in a station wagon, which smacks of cursed Garrett and his minivan, but Keith will hopefully be better than Garrett.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024
But this genre of musical smacks of an earlier sketch-comedy age.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Removing and replacing up to 50,000 career civil servants with political loyalists smacks of corruption Americans won’t tolerate.
—Laura Rodriguez, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2025
Keith drives in in a station wagon, which smacks of cursed Garrett and his minivan, but Keith will hopefully be better than Garrett.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024
But this genre of musical smacks of an earlier sketch-comedy age.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Smack of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smack%20of. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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