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Webster 1913 Edition

Smatch

Smatch

,
Noun.
[OE.
smach
,
smak
. See
Smack
taste.]
Taste; tincture; smack.
[Obs.]
Thy life hath had some
smatch
of honor in it.
Shakespeare

Smatch

,
Verb.
I.
To smack.
[Obs.]
Banister (1578).

Webster 1828 Edition

Smatch

SMATCH

,
Noun.
[corrupted from smack.]
1.
Taste; tincture. [Not in use or vulgar.]
2.
A bird.

Definition 2024

smatch

smatch

English

Noun

smatch ‎(plural smatches)

  1. smack, taste
  2. tincture
  3. trace, small quantity, smidge, smattering or smidgen

Verb

smatch ‎(third-person singular simple present smatches, present participle smatching, simple past and past participle smatched)

  1. (intransitive) To have a taste, smack.
  2. (transitive) To have a taste or sample of, smack of, taste.
  3. (obsolete) To smack.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Banister (1578) to this entry?)

Etymology

From Middle English smacchen, smecchen ‎(“to taste”), from Old English smæċċan ‎(“to taste”), from Proto-Germanic *smakkōną, *smakōną, *smakkijaną ‎(“to taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *smeh₂g- ‎(“to taste”). Cognate with West Frisian smeitse, smeitsje ‎(“to taste”), Dutch smaken ‎(“to taste”), German schmecken ‎(“to taste”), Danish smage ‎(“to taste”), Lithuanian smagù ‎(“cheerful, enjoyable, pleasant”).

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