smaak

English

Etymology

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smɑːk/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːk

Verb

smaak (third-person singular simple present smaaks, present participle smaaking, simple past and past participle smaaked)

1. (transitive, South Africa, slang) To like; to be attracted to.
   • 2005, Al Lovejoy, Acid Alex:

     He said the best thing that ever happened to him there was one time when he managed to fuck a chick he smaaked through the bars one night.

   • 2005, David Evans, A Touch of the Sun:

     'I thought he was quite good-looking for a Tottie,' Carol said. 'I smaaked that scar - like a pirate.'

Anagrams

• Kamas, Kamsa, Makas, kamas

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smaːk/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch smāke, from Old Dutch *smako, from Proto-West Germanic *smakō.

Noun

smaak m (plural smaken, diminutive smaakje n)

1. taste, sense of taste
2. taste, decorum

   de goede smaak ― good taste

Descendants

• → Limburgish: smaak
• → Papiamentu: smak, smaak

See also

• (tastes) smaak; bitter, zoet, zout, zuur ^{(Category: nl:Taste)}

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

smaak

1. inflection of smaken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative