[
US
/ˈɫɪk/
]
[ UK /lˈɪk/ ]
[ UK /lˈɪk/ ]
VERB
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beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
We licked the other team on Sunday! -
take up with the tongue
The cat lapped up the milk
the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast -
find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out
Did you get my meaning?
did you solve the problem?
did you get it?
He could not work the math problem
did you get it?
Work out your problems with the boss -
pass the tongue over
the dog licked her hand
NOUN
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(boxing) a blow with the fist
I gave him a clout on his nose - a salt deposit that animals regularly lick
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touching with the tongue
the dog's laps were warm and wet
How To Use lick In A Sentence
- There's a big difference between an amateur video and a slick Hollywood production.
- They missed it because they are too busy bootlicking ObamaCare, on their hands and knees. Political Instability and the Coming Defeat of ObamaCare | RedState
- Depardieu's flick-knife is stuck in his stomach, and the dying man's description of his attacker is pointedly applicable to Depardieu. Archive 2008-08-01
- One stray click and I'm rickrolled, prankishly diverted to the now-familiar footage of Rick Astley being devoured by a pack of London cannibals. Wired Top Stories
- My sister, indolent and unimaginative as she was, had visions of endless touch-typing speed trials supervised by austere women under flickering striplights.
- A little diner food helped, but after the incident with the couple on the street all I wanted was to go home, take a shower, slather lotion on my blistered tootsies, and lick my wounds.
- I clicked the 'Live Chat' button, and lo and behold, I was deposited in a chat room with what sounded suspiciously like a chatbot.
- Slicked-back hair, a bushy Italian mustache, sleeveless Iggy Pop T-shirt, cut to show his shoulder tats - "wham" across the left, "pow" on the right. Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines
- However, it's hard to be seriously annoyed when you have a cat snuggling you and giving you gentle licks, as mine just did.
- Instead of talking about the mechanical superiority of their latest cars, manufacturers hired the sexiest, perkiest breasted young women they could find to writhe, lean and lick their lips next to their new products. Judith Acosta: How Marketers Capitalize On Your Fear: Confessions Of An Ex-Ad-Woman
