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

Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above