English

Verb

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

1. (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.

Noun

smake ‎(plural smakes)

1. A smack; taste; scent.
   • 1831, Congressional edition:

     The 15th we came to Hatorask, in thirty-six degrees and a terse, at four fadom, three leagues from the shore, where we might perceive a smake at the place where I left the colony, 1587."

   • 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.

Dutch

Verb

smake

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of smaken

Middle English

Alternative forms

• smak

Etymology

Middle English smaken "to taste" from smak "a taste, flavor" from Old English smæc ‎(“taste, smack”). More at smack

Noun

smake

1. taste
2. flavor

Derived terms

• smakeles, smakkeles

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Low German smaken

Verb

smake ‎(imperative smak, present tense smaker, simple past smakte, past participle smakt, present participle smakende)

1. to taste (something)

Related terms

• smak (noun)

Derived terms

• smakebit

References

• “smake” in The Bokmål Dictionary.