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smake

smake verb: synonym of smack (“to taste, lick”). Also the obsolete form of smack.

Verb

smake (third-person singular simple present smakes, present participle smaking, simple past and past participle smaked)

  1. Synonym of smack (“to taste, lick”).
    • 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.1882, Bricktop, The trip of the Sardine Club
    • Now, that's good," smaking his lips in a pleased way.1893, Margaret Sidney, Five little Peppers Midway
    Synonyms:
    smack

Also used as

smake is also the obsolete form of smack.

Synonyms of smake

Forms of smake

Verb
third-person singular presentsmakes
present participlesmaking
past participlesmaked
pastsmaked
Noun
pluralsmakes

Origin of smake

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”).

Questions about smake

What does smake mean?
Smake means synonym of smack (“to taste, lick”).
What part of speech is smake?
Smake is a verb.
What is the past tense of smake?
The past tense of smake is smaked.

Words near smake in the dictionary

  1. smail
  2. smailed
  3. smailing
  4. smails
  5. SMaj
  6. smake
  7. smakes
  8. smalahove
  9. Smale
  10. Smale's paradox
  11. Smales

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