smakeEtymologyFrom 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”).smake means synonym of smack (“to taste, lick”). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.verbSynonym 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.”