What is "smack of"

Usage examples of "smack of".

When she woke to the sounds of battle, screams and curses and the dull smack of blade on armor, so close it might have been happening in the next room, she was terrified—.

When she woke to the sounds of battle, screams and curses and the dull smack of blade on armor, so close it might have been happening in the next room, she was terrifiednot just by what she heard, but by what she now knew she must do.

Hallevar stood a few feet behind the women, giving instructions that could be heard in the still morning air as clearly as the smack of sticks coming from the arms practice field.

Amber winced at the crunch and smack of toothy jaws boring into flesh.

The other two sat listening to the smack of dominoes and the click of cards from behind the bead-curtain.

The smack of the broom as it hit the rooster could have been heard a hundred yards away.

Theon raised his voice to be heard above the smack of wood on flesh.

And although the attack was taking place at least a mile off, it seemed to Ashalind that she heard the blood-baying of hounds, the snap of jaws, the twang of bowstrings, the whirr and smack of arrows and the clash of blades, the sizzle of sparks as swords smote armor, the yelling of men, the shrilling of horses, the hideous clangor of riven metal, the long, desperate pumping of mortal blood.

However, the meaty smack of the shovel blade biting into the earth echoed to Baylee's ears.

Thrower set his candlestick on the floor near the altar never on it, since that would smack of Papistry and knelt in a prayer of thanksgiving.

Thrower set his candlestick on the floor near the altar-- never on it, since that would smack of Papistry-- and knelt in a prayer of thanksgiving.