Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorySynonym of smack (“to taste, lick”).
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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