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smake

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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11
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12
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5

Definition of smake

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  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.”
    “Now, that's good," smaking his lips in a pleased way.”
    “He smaked his lips in anticipation of the coming treat.”
    “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.”
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verb

  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.”
    “Now, that's good," smaking his lips in a pleased way.”
    “He smaked his lips in anticipation of the coming treat.”
    “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.”

noun

  1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of smack.
    “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 […]”
    “A smake there is in other things, but small purpose.”

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Etymology

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”).

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