"lip-smacking" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more lip-smacking [comparative], most lip-smacking [superlative]
Etymology: See smack one's lips. Head templates: {{en-adj}} lip-smacking (comparative more lip-smacking, superlative most lip-smacking)
  1. (informal) Tasty; appetizing. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Taste
    Sense id: en-lip-smacking-en-adj-5noBOThc Disambiguation of Taste: 81 12 6

Adverb

Forms: more lip-smacking [comparative], most lip-smacking [superlative]
Etymology: See smack one's lips. Head templates: {{en-adv}} lip-smacking (comparative more lip-smacking, superlative most lip-smacking)
  1. (degree, informal) Very. Tags: informal Synonyms: lip-smackingly
    Sense id: en-lip-smacking-en-adv-jCQlllvP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 59 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 67 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 72 23

Noun

Forms: lip-smackings [plural]
Etymology: See smack one's lips. Head templates: {{en-noun}} lip-smacking (plural lip-smackings)
  1. The act or an instance of smacking one's lips. Synonyms: lipsmack Related terms: poppism
    Sense id: en-lip-smacking-en-noun-qeRrTm1w

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "See smack one's lips.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more lip-smacking",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most lip-smacking",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "81 12 6",
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          "orig": "en:Taste",
          "parents": [
            "Drinking",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Senses",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Perception",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Tasty; appetizing."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "Tasty",
          "tasty"
        ],
        [
          "appetizing",
          "appetizing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Tasty; appetizing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lip-smacking"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "See smack one's lips.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more lip-smacking",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most lip-smacking",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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  "pos": "adv",
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        },
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 72 23",
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Aunt Bessy's Easter ham is always lip-smacking good.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Susan Donovan, Take a Chance on Me, St. Martin's Press, page 313:",
          "text": "She looked so lip-smacking good that he knew even a brief conversation would be a challenge.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Very."
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      ],
      "qualifier": "degree",
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        "(degree, informal) Very."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lip-smackingly"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lip-smacking"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "See smack one's lips.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lip-smackings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "The act or an instance of smacking one's lips."
      ],
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        [
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        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "poppism"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lipsmack"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lip-smacking"
}
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    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Taste"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See smack one's lips.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more lip-smacking",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most lip-smacking",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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    }
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      ],
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        "Tasty; appetizing."
      ],
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          "Tasty",
          "tasty"
        ],
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          "appetizing",
          "appetizing"
        ]
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        "(informal) Tasty; appetizing."
      ],
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        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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  "etymology_text": "See smack one's lips.",
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        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most lip-smacking",
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        "superlative"
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Aunt Bessy's Easter ham is always lip-smacking good.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Susan Donovan, Take a Chance on Me, St. Martin's Press, page 313:",
          "text": "She looked so lip-smacking good that he knew even a brief conversation would be a challenge.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Very."
      ],
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        "(degree, informal) Very."
      ],
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        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lip-smackingly"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lip-smacking"
}

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    "Pages with 1 entry",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "See smack one's lips.",
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  ],
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  "related": [
    {
      "word": "poppism"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The act or an instance of smacking one's lips."
      ],
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        [
          "smacking one's lips",
          "smack one's lips"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lipsmack"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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