Lick

Verb

 * 1) To stroke with the tongue.
 * The cat licked its fur.
 * 1)  To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight.
 * My dad can lick your dad.
 * 1)  To overcome.
 * I think I can lick this.
 * 1)  To perform cunnilingus.
 * 2)  To do anything partially.

Noun

 * 1) The act of licking.
 * The cat gave its fur a lick.
 * 1) The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.
 * Give me a lick of ice cream.
 * 1) A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.
 * The birds gathered at the clay lick.
 * 1) A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream.
 * We used to play in the lick.
 * 1)  A stroke or blow.
 * Hit that wedge a good lick with the sledgehammer.
 * 1)  A bit.
 * You don't have a lick of sense.
 * I didn't do a lick of work today.
 * 1)  A short motif.
 * There are some really good blues licks in this solo.
 * 1) speed. In this sense it is always qualified by good, or fair or a similar adjective.
 * The bus was travelling at a good lick when it swerved and left the road.

Related terms

 * ass-licker
 * cow lick
 * good lick
 * lick one's chops


 * lick one's wounds
 * lick out
 * lick up
 * licked
 * lickety split
 * outlick

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