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Lick

Lick Meaning & Definition
Lick Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lick?

[n] (boxing) a blow with the fist
[n] touching with the tongue; "the dog's laps were warm and wet"
[n] a salt deposit that animals regularly lick
[v] find the solution to (a problem or question) or udnerstand 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"
[v] beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
[v] pass the tongue over

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lick: bat | biff | clobber | drub | figure out | lap | lap | poke | punch | puzzle out | salt lick | solve | thrash | work | work out

Related Terms | Find terms related to Lick: addle | amaze | approach | assay | attempt | baffle | bamboozle | bang | bash | bat | bear the palm | beat | beat all hollow | beat hollow | beating | belt | best | bid | biff | bite | blow | boggle | bonk | breath | brush | buffalo | cadenza | career | caress | cast | chop | clip | clobber | clout | clump | confound | conk | conquer | contact | crack | cut | cutaneous sense | dash | daze | defeat | destroy | dig | dint | dirty work | do in | donkeywork | down | dress down | drub | drubbing | drudgery | drumming | effort | employment | endeavor | essay | experiment | extempore | fag | fatigue | feel | feeling | fingertip caress | fix | flax | flick | fling | floor | flourish | fuddle | fusillade | gait | gambit | get | give a dressing-down | glance | gleam | go | graze | grind | handiwork | hand-mindedness | handwork | hide | hint | hit | hors de combat | hot lick | hurdle | idea | impromptu | improvisation | industry | interpolation | intimation | jab | keep in suspense | kiss | knock | labor | lambaste | lambency | lap | lap up | larrup | lather | leather | lick of work | light touch | look | manual labor | master | maze | moil | mouth | move | muddle | mystify | nonplus | offer | outclass | outdo | outfight | outgeneral | outmaneuver | outpoint | outrun | outsail | outshine | overwhelm | pace | paddle | pelt | perplex | plunk | poke | pound | progress | punch | put | puzzle | rap | rat race | rate | riff | rub | ruin | scintilla | scut work | sense of touch | settle | shade | shadow | shellac | shot | sip | skin | skin alive | slam | slavery | slog | slug | slurp | smack | smash | smattering | smear | smell | smother | soak up | sock | soupcon | spadework | spark | sponge up | sprinkling | stab | step | stick | stride | stroke | stroke of work | strong bid | stump | suggestion | sup | surmount | suspicion | swat | sweat | swing | swipe | tactile sense | taction | take the cake | tan | tap | task | taste | tattoo | tentative | tentative poke | thought | thrash | throw | thump | thwack | tincture | tinge | tiresome work | toil | tongue | touch | trace | travail | travel | tread | treadmill | trial | trial and error | trim | triumph | triumph over | trounce | try | undertaking | undo | vamp | wallop | welt | whack | whale | whiff | whip | whisper | whop | win | wipe | work | worst | yerk

See Also | answer | beat | beat out | blow | break | counter | counterpunch | crush | deposit | fondle | guess | haymaker | hook | infer | jab | knockout punch | KO punch | parry | rabbit punch | reason | resolve | riddle | sediment | shell | strike | stroke | sucker punch | Sunday punch | tongue | touch | touching | trounce | understand | vanquish

Lick In Webster's Dictionary

\Lick\ (l[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Licked} (l[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Licking}.] [AS. liccian; akin to OS. likk[=o]n, D. likken, OHG. lecch[=o]n, G. lecken, Goth. bi-laig[=o]n, Russ. lizate, L. lingere, Gr. lei`chein, Skr. lih, rih. [root]121. Cf. {Lecher}, {Relish}.] 1. To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand. --Addison. 2. To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk. --Shak. {To lick the dust}, to be slain; to fall in battle. ``His enemies shall lick the dust.'' --Ps. lxxii. 9. {To lick into shape}, to give proper form to; -- from a notion that the bear's cubs are born shapeless and subsequently formed by licking. --Hudibras. {To lick the spittle of}, to fawn upon. --South. {To lick up}, to take all of by licking; to devour; to consume entirely. --Shak. --Num. xxii. 4.
\Lick\, n. [See {Lick}, v.] 1. A stroke of the tongue in licking. ``A lick at the honey pot.'' --Dryden. 2. A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a tongue; as, to put on colors with a lick of the brush. Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied. [Colloq.] A lick of court whitewash. --Gray. 3. A place where salt is found on the surface of the earth, to which wild animals resort to lick it up; -- often, but not always, near salt springs. [U. S.]
\Lick\, v. t. [Cf. OSw. l["a]gga to place, strike, prick.] To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter. [Colloq. or Low]
\Lick\, n. A slap; a quick stroke.[Colloq.] ``A lick across the face.'' --Dryden.

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