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 This is a lip-smacking sip marked by deeper southern-clime citrus fruits such and blood orange or Spanish clementines. —

Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024 But of course, the real highlight of eating your way around Sicily is the sheer range and lip-smacking freshness of the seafood. —

Liam Hess, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2024 The movie serves all this up with lip-smacking nostalgia, presenting the war between family-values Christianity and entertainment demonism as the real horror movie. —

Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 26 June 2024 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

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