smake
English
Etymology
From Middle English smaken (“to smack, taste”), partly from Old English smacian (“to smack, pat, caress”) and partly from Middle English smake, smac (“smack, taste, flavour”), from Old English smæc, smæcc (“taste, flavour”). Cognate with Scots smak (“to taste, scent, smell”), See Norwegian smak (“taste”). More at smack, smatch.
Verb
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- (transitive) To smack; taste.
- 1882, Bricktop, The trip of the Sardine Club:
- Even Bill Bitters could not find it in his heart to say a word against this moisture, and he actually smaked his lips, although he turned away lest someone should see him do it.
- 1893, Margaret Sidney, Five little Peppers Midway:
- Now, that's good," smaking his lips in a pleased way.
- 1918, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (U.S.), Locomotive engineers journal:
- He smaked his lips in anticipation of the coming treat.
- 1922, Lucy Fox Robins Lang, Mrs. Lucy Robins, War Shadows:
- 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.
- 2001, James Joyce, Dubliners:
- "And what about the address to the King?" said Mr. Lyons, after drinking and smaking his lips.
- 1882, Bricktop, The trip of the Sardine Club:
Noun
smake (plural smakes)
- A smack; taste; scent.
- 1733, Ebenezer Erskine, The Stone Rejected by the Builders:
- One of the great sources of this evil was, that if a man had beeen[sic] trained up at the feet of Gamaliel for a few years, and got a smake of the learning then in vogue, it was enough in their opinion to qualify him for being a builder in the house of God […]
- 1856, Edward Augustus Bond, Giles Fletcher, Sir Jerome Horsey, Russia at the close of the sixteenth century:
- A smake there is in other things, but small purpose.
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Dutch
Verb
smake
Middle Dutch
Etymology
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Noun
smāke m or f
Inflection
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Descendants
Further reading
- “smake”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “smake”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From smaken (“to taste”) from smak "a taste, flavor" from Old English smæc (“taste, smack”). More at smack.
Noun
smake
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German Low German smaken
Verb
smake (imperative smak, present tense smaker, simple past smakte, past participle smakt, present participle smakende)
Derived terms
Related terms
- smak (noun)
References
- “smake” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
smake (present tense smakar or smaker, past tense smaka or smakte, past participle smaka or smakt, present participle smakande, imperative smak)
- Alternative form of smaka
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