smacking of lips

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• smacking — smack·ing || smækɪŋ n. slapping with an open hand or flat object adj. excellent, wonderful (Slang); brisk, vigorous smæk n. faint taste, slight hint; little bit, small amount; slap; opening and closing of the lips accompanied by a sharp… …   English contemporary dictionary

• Smacking — Smack Smack, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Smacked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smacking}.] [OE. smaken to taste, have a taste, from the noun; cf. AS. smecan taste; akin to D. smaken, G. schmecken, OHG. smechen to taste, smach?n to have a taste (and, derived from… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• smack/lick one's lips —    To say that a person is smacking or licking their lips means that they are showing that they are excited about something and are eager for it to happen.     They were smacking their lips at the idea of the money they were going to make …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• smack your lips — smack (your) lips to show excitement or satisfaction. Planners began smacking their lips at the thought of all that farmland to build on. Etymology: from the sound made when you quickly move your lips together and apart to show you are hungry or… …   New idioms dictionary

• smack lips — smack (your) lips to show excitement or satisfaction. Planners began smacking their lips at the thought of all that farmland to build on. Etymology: from the sound made when you quickly move your lips together and apart to show you are hungry or… …   New idioms dictionary

• lick/smack your lips —    A person who is licking (or smacking) their lips is showing that they are excited about something and are eager for it to happen.     He was licking his lips at the idea of the money he was going to make …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• lip-smacking — ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ adjective 1. : causing the lips to smack in eager anticipation or in delight lip smacking recipes lip smacking desserts 2. : excitingly sensational or provocative fervid, lip smacking stuff Alexandra Jacobs 3. : markedly… …   Useful english dictionary

• smack one's lips — To bring the lips together and part them with a smacking noise, as an indication of relish • • • Main Entry: ↑lip …   Useful english dictionary

• smack one's lips — verb To indicate ones current or anticipated pleasure, as derived from food. See Also: lip smacking, lip smackingly …   Wiktionary

• smack — [[t]smæ̱k[/t]] smacks, smacking, smacked 1) VERB If you smack someone, you hit them with your hand. [V n] She smacked me on the side of the head. N COUNT Smack is also a noun. Sometimes he just doesn t listen and I end up shouting at him or… …   English dictionary

• Smack — Smack, v. t. 1. To kiss with a sharp noise; to buss. [1913 Webster] 2. To open, as the lips, with an inarticulate sound made by a quick compression and separation of the parts of the mouth; to make a noise with, as the lips, by separating them in …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English