lick
IPA: ɫˈɪk
noun
- The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue.
- The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.
- A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue.
- A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.
- A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream.
- (colloquial) A stroke or blow.
- (colloquial) A small amount; a whit.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- (music) A short motif.
- (informal) A rate of speed. (Always qualified by good, fair, or a similar adjective.)
- (slang) An act of cunnilingus.
- An instance of earning money fast, usually by illegal means, thus a heist, drug deal etc.; mostly used in phrasal verbs: hit a lick, hit licks
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To stroke with the tongue.
- (transitive) To lap; to take in with the tongue.
- (colloquial) To beat with repeated blows.
- (colloquial) To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight.
- (colloquial) To overcome.
- (vulgar, slang) To perform cunnilingus.
- (colloquial) To do anything partially.
- (of flame, waves etc.) To lap.
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Examples of "lick" in Sentences
- Stop licking the fingers
- One of the donkeys is licking the car.
- Jinglekit announced, licking her dappled tortoiseshell fur.
- This licked many secrets of insurgence plains in Balochistan.
- He even licks the dust of the ground, so as not to die of thirst.
- Excessive licking and chewing of the area is one indication of this.
- The cub is able to get close to the wounded male and licks the wound.
- These puppies lick the face of the adult in order to trigger trophallaxis.
- The crater is intruding into the northern edge of the lava flooded crater Lick.
- There are crude stunts involving earthmoving equipment, body licking and necking.
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