English Explanatory Dictionary

smatch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A smack or taste.
  2. A trace quantity; a smattering or smidgeon.
verb
  1. To have a taste; to taste (something).
  2. To have a feeling; to smack (of something).

Word forms

smatch smatches smatching smatched

Etymology

From Middle English smacchen, smecchen (“to taste”), from Old English smæċċan (“to taste”), from Proto-West Germanic *smakkijan (“to taste”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *smeh₂g- (“to taste”). Cognate with West Frisian smeitse, smeitsje (“to taste”), Dutch smaken (“to taste”), German schmecken (“to taste”), Danish smage (“to taste”), Norwegian smake (“to taste”), Norwegian smak (“a taste”), Lithuanian smagù (“cheerful, enjoyable, pleasant”).

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