- smack or lick one's lips
- idi to indicate one's keen enjoyment or anticipation
From formal English to slang. 2014.
smack or lick one's lips
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lick one's lips — To look forward, or (archaic) to recall, with pleasure • • • Main Entry: ↑lick * * * I lick one s lips (or chops) look forward to something with eager anticipation II lick (or smack) one s lips look forward to something with relish; show one s… … Useful english dictionary
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 one's lips — lick one s lips … English contemporary dictionary
lip — n. & v. n. 1 a either of the two fleshy parts forming the edges of the mouth opening. b a thing resembling these. c = LABIUM. 2 the edge of a cup, vessel, etc., esp. the part shaped for pouring from. 3 colloq. impudent talk (that s enough of your … Useful english dictionary
lip — n. 1) to lick; move; part; pucker; purse one s lips 2) to press one s lips to (she pressed her lips to the baby s forehead) 3) chapped; dry; moist; thick; thin lips 4) the lower; upper lip 5) from smb. s lips (I heard it from his lips) 6) on one… … Combinatory dictionary
taste — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. savor; sample. n. flavor; tasting, morsel, sample; predilection, relish, preference; judgment.See taste, choice. II Sense of flavor Nouns 1. taste, tastefulness; good or cultivated taste; delicacy,… … English dictionary for students
lip — /lɪp / (say lip) noun 1. either of the two fleshy parts or folds forming the margins of the mouth and performing an important function in speech. 2. (plural) these parts as organs of speech. 3. Colloquial impudent talk. 4. a lip like part or… …
savor — n 1. relish, smack, zest, spice, tang, sapidity, piquancy, taste, flavor; odor, scent, fragrance, smell, aroma, attar, perfume, sachet; redolence, pungency, odoriferousness, bouquet, incense; trail, trace, breath. 2. essence, spirit, soul,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
pleasure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Feeling of enjoyment Nouns 1. pleasure, enjoyment, gratification; voluptuousness, sensuality; luxuriousness; gluttony; titillation, gusto; creature comforts, comfort, ease, [lap of] luxury; purple and… … English dictionary for students
облизываться — ОБЛИЗЫВАТЬСЯ, несов. (сов. облизаться и облизнуться). Касаться (коснуться) языком своих губ, проводить языком по их поверхности некоторое количество раз (о живых существах, чаще о животных) [impf. to smack one’s lips; (of an animal) to lick… … Большой толковый словарь русских глаголов
