Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective informal
Tasty ;appetizing . - adverb degree, informal
very .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word lip-smacking.
Examples
-
"Helena is back doing what she does best — pitting people against each other and ruining lives," says Towers, who took over the lip-smacking role in 1997.
General Hospital's Constance Towers Drops Details on Helena's Juicy Return 2011
-
For this particular lip-smacking class, it is crepe-making time while the strawberries are still in season.
Kids learn life lessons, cooking at Portland Farmers Market 2011
-
It helps that most of the supporting roles are played with lip-smacking gusto: Mr. Godley is in colossal form as Lord Evelyn Oakleigh, a Bertie Wooster-type boob who turns out to be one hell of a dancer, and Joel Grey is sweet and charming as Moonface Martin, the dimwitted gangster who prides himself on being Public Enemy Number 13.
Sutton Foster's Got the Zowie Terry Teachout 2011
-
For this particular lip-smacking class, it is crepe-making time while the strawberries are still in season.
Kids learn life lessons, cooking at Portland Farmers Market 2011
-
And not just pregnant - she even tracks down a back-alley abortionist (played with lip-smacking subtlety by singer Macy Gray) who nearly kills her.
Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: For Colored Girls Marshall Fine 2010
-
"Like with Romeo and Juliet, our audience knows there was miscommunication between Alicia and Will after a third party stepped in," says Margulies, referencing that game-changing moment when Eli Gold, Peter Florrick's campaign manager, played with lip-smacking shamelessness by Alan Cumming, deleted the message.
-
From the lip-smacking, “Ummms” and multiple servings they both had, I take their word for it.
-
How sympathetic they had been to the lip-smacking situation, never stopping to point it out, and, in so doing, keeping their own dignified clout.
Escapade 2010
-
If you've ever been addicted to a soap opera, you'll want to grab this terrific mix of historical perspective, sage advice, lip-smacking gossip, biting criticism Ellen Wheeler, duck for cover! and — most important — some real hope and faith in the long-term future of daytime drama.
Afternoon Delight, Indeed: Carolyn Hinsey's Hard-Hitting Soap Book Is Here 2011
-
And not just pregnant - she even tracks down a back-alley abortionist (played with lip-smacking subtlety by singer Macy Gray) who nearly kills her.
Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: For Colored Girls Marshall Fine 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.