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to smack

to smack

13 6.3
To press the lips together and open them noisily
  • verb
  • /smæk/
translation icon : chasquear los labios
  • You stimulate that corticomedial area, you get oral kinds of things, salivation, smacking of the lips, licking, chewing.
  • smack one's lips

OK, I'm going to try so hard not to smack my lips.

Examples

  • toast. He sounds really interested in it down there. He was smacking his lips for this,

  • Then he rested the cigar in an ashtray, took a sip of Bud, and smacked his lips.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • So I turn and look Dennis right in the eyes, lip-smacking and smiling as I do so.

    Academic text (2007)

  • His cheeks ripple and his lips smack against the tube between them.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The dragon smacked his lips in satisfaction and strutted away from the palace gates.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • As he devoured his meal, he couldn't help but smack his lips in delight.

  • The delicious aroma made her smack her lips in anticipation of dessert.

  • After tasting the soup, he let out a satisfied sigh and smacked his lips.

Compounds

fishing smack
  • UK
7.0

A boat used to catch fish that has a tank to keep the catch alive

How Noisy

to slurp
22 4.8
to smack
13 6.3
to purse
18 7.0

Surface Forms

smack infinitive
smacked past
smacked past participle
smacking present participle
smacks third person singular

Etymology

Smack. This meaning copies the noisy lip action you make when food is good — the 'smack' of lips — so to 'smack' your lips is to press them and open them with a sound, often when you expect tasty food.