smatch
smatch · smatches · smatched · smatching
To have a taste; to tasteTo have a taste; to taste (something).
Meaning
2 senses(ambitransitive, obsolete)To have a taste; to taste (something).
(ambitransitive, obsolete)To have a feeling; to smack (of something).
Origin
From Middle English smacchen, smecchen (“to taste”), from Old English smæċċan (“to taste”)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”),
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Forms
smatches, smatching, smatched, smatchedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle