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Meaning lick meaning

What does lick mean?
Definitions in simple English

lick Verb

— When you lick something, you touch it with your tongue in order to taste or moisten. That boy is licking on the ice-cream that his mother bought for him.

lick

— verb beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight We licked the other team on Sunday! — verb pass the tongue over the dog licked her hand — verb (= solve, work out, work) find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of did you solve the problem? Work out your problems with the boss this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out did you get it? Did you get my meaning? He could not work the math problem — noun (= lap) touching with the tongue the dog's laps were warm and wet — noun a salt deposit that animals regularly lick — verb (= lap, lap up) take up with the tongue The cat lapped up the milk the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast — noun (= clout) (boxing) a blow with the fist I gave him a clout on his nose

Synonyms lick synonyms

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lap taste lap up trounce thrash suck salt lick overcome drub drink defeat beat work out work wipe whip vanquish uvula trump touch swallow strike against spank solve slug slobber over sip puzzle out punch poke outdo meal ligule lambaste kiss figure out cream cooked rice clout clobber biff bat wipe away win whop whomp whang whack weed very cleanly water

Topics lick topics

What do people use lick to talk about?
Social behavior Conflict War

Defeat
Person Body Head

Mouth
Universe, creation Water

Wet
Person Sense, perceive

Taste
Daily life Food

Eat

  • What words refer to licking with the tongue?
    lick
Physical actions Move something Handle something

Touch
Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Facial expression

Conjugation lick conjugation

How do you conjugate lick?

lick · verb

Examples lick examples

How do I use lick in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Remove the beaters from the mixer before you lick them.
Don't let him lick you.
Cats often lick each other.
They don't do a lick of work.
Can I lick your fingers?
Men lick their lips when they look at her.
The house could do with a lick of paint.

Movie subtitles

It will be so big that you won't be able to lick it with two tongues.
We'll lick them all. The North Side, the South Side. We'll lick the whole world!
Like To Lick Some Of That.
The beast was a tough guy too. He could lick the world, but when he saw beauty, she got him.
I never saw the day I was big enough to lick you.
Every lick that goes into this now will come out in a fight!
Now you'll get these decks clean or by God I'll make you lick them clean with your tongues if you don't mend your ways.
One of us can lick 20 Yanks.
Are you hinting that the Yankees can lick us?
They were gonna lick the Yankees in a month.
As God is my witness. As God is my witness, they're not going to lick me.
I wouldn't trust you to lick a stamp!
They can't lick us.
We'll lick this thing yet.
Don't let them lick you.
We'll lick them all. The North Side, the South Side.
We'll lick the whole world!
He could lick the world, but when he saw beauty, she got him.
I can hardly see a lick.
Try to bully me, I'll lick you the best day you ever had.
BRENT: One of us can lick 20 Yanks.
As God is my witness.. As God is my witness, they're not going to lick me.
Think you can lick 'em all? I'll fight 'em or wrestle 'em if they'll come at me and pile 'em up under the tree.
Whatever it is, I'm going to lick it. And usually it does come out all right.
He's likely to lick him.
You can lick any guy in the world.
You lick the hand that feeds you. the hand that beats you too.
Well, you didn't get a lick amiss, I reckon.
They can't wipe us out. They can't lick us.
We can't fight alone, but we can lick 'em together.
I could at least lick the stamps.
We'll come back and lick Dawson and Frisbee and the whole Western Railroad crowd.
Look at wounded animals, the way they just lick their wounds.
If you have something to say, you can lick my.

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