verb
smake
Smake (verb) means to taste or lick something.
verb
1
To taste or lick something.
"It is not a nice place to look at, rough you know,” he smiled, and his right eye winked at Frayne: “But the corned beef and cabbage, and the waffles. Mm!” He smaked his lips with desire."
— Lucy Fox Robins Lang, Mrs. Lucy Robins (1922)
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Etymology
From dialectal smak, early modern English smake, from Middle English smaken (“to taste, sense flavour, detect by taste or smell”), from Middle Dutch smaken (“to taste”).
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What is the meaning of smake?
"smake" (verb) means to taste or lick something.
What is another word for smake?
Other words for "smake" include smack.
