lip-smacking

adjective

lip-smack·​ing ˈlip-ˌsma-kiŋ 

: highly pleasing or appealing to the sense of taste or smell : delicious

a lip-smacking recipe

lip-smacking aromas

But take away the excused absences and all the food they can eat and the students still wouldn't trade their experiences. Nope, not even for a freshly baked batch of those lip-smacking cookies.

—Ellen Anderson

Pickled cauliflower, baby carrots, beets, and celery (top left) retain their crunch and gain subtle, lip-smacking spice.

—David Chang

—sometimes used figuratively

Thanks to Mr. Stewart, we now know, in lip-smacking detail, how much, where and whom.

—Michael M. Thomas

lip-smackingly adverb

lip-smackingly good burgers

… batter fried soft shell crab … was a lip-smackingly delicious start …

—Stuart Minting

Examples of lip-smacking in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

König is a creep for the ages, and Stevens has a lip-smacking good time being solicitous but casually skeevy with Gretchen while showing an inordinate interest in Alma. —David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2024

Get the recipe: Big-Batch Rosemary Lemonade Drink: Pink Rhubarb Lemonade Make the most of your Farmers' market haul by turning in-season rhubarb into one lip-smacking sipper! —Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2024

Estévez specializes in a form of extreme surf and turf: squid come stuffed with cockscomb, sweet red shrimp conspire with the lip-smacking riches of pig’s feet. —Matt Goulding, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2023

In an all-hands-on-deck family affair, the Montañezes tirelessly work to concoct the perfect level of heat and lip-smacking sazón. —Sylvio Martins, Bon Appétit, 12 June 2023

Build your own rice bowl Power up your lunch (or dinner) at Bowl Eater and build your own rice bowl with a lip-smacking selection of veggies, meats and toppings starting at only $11.99. —Brian May Maestro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2023

That’s the case at this Thai newcomer in Woodley Park, a neighborhood better known for its zoo and park than lip-smacking restaurants. —Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023

Things took a turn for the lip-smacking beginning a year or so ago, when new owners breathed life into the long-running New Heights and the blocks around the Woodley Park Metro station gained some fresh flavors, starting with the eye-catching Han Palace and most recently Donsak Thai Restaurant. —Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023

Pair the hot pink stalks with frozen lemonade concentrate, lemon-lime soda, and fresh lemon for a lip-smacking drink. —Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above