lickingn.
/ˈlɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈlɪkɪŋ/ 1.
a. The action of lick v.; the action of passing the tongue over something, of fashioning into shape, etc.; †also, the action of daubing or smearing the face with paint.
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the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with mouth or tongue > [noun] > licking with tongue
lickinga1387
ligurition1623
lambency1834
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] > painting or colouring
fardryc1430
painting1435
popping?c1450
farding1545
licking1549
fucation1612
tincturing1616
complexioning1656
fucusinga1680
highlighting1905
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun]
fawninga1350
adulationc1400
papelardya1425
papelardrya1500
captation1523
clawing1548
insinuation1553
curry-favour1581
man-pleasing1588
courting1607
men-pleasing1615
supparasitation1620
sycophantizing1640
assiduity1641
ingratiating1642
licking1648
man-pleasance1656
sycophancy1657
fawnery1661
sycophantrya1677
nutting1789
tuft-hunting1789
cultivation1793
huggery1804
ingratiation1815
sycophantism1821
lickspittling1839
toadyship1839
toadyism1840
bootlicking1849
toadying1863
arse-licking1912
lickspittle1914
apple-polishing1926
pot-licking1929
brown-nosing1934
ass-kissing1936
arse-kissing1937
ass-licking1946
sucking-up1946
bum-sucking1949
love bomb1975
love-bombing1976
the world > space > shape > [noun] > shaping
moulding1327
shapinga1350
forming1401
plasmation?a1475
framing1551
figuration1561
characterization1570
efformation1578
modelizing1600
fictilage1610
shapening1647
modelling1706
licking1737
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 435 Bestes..among hem self þey useþ cusses and likkynge and strokynge.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 305/1 Lykky[n]ge of howndys, or other beasts, lictus.
1549 M. Coverdale in M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Ded. sig. +.iii What costly deckyng, lyckinge, censinge and worshipping of ymages.
1623 Bp. J. Hall Best Bargaine 18 It scorneth to wooe fauour with farding, and licking, and counterfaisance.
1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. xcv. 363 By the daily licking of his rankling wounds with the tongue of lady Elenor his wife, he is said to be cured.
1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. B4v Besides the licking of his owne fingers, he [sc. Dudley] got the King a masse of Riches.
1648 Bp. J. Hall Select Thoughts 51 Jezebel, for all her licking, is cast out of the window, and troden to dirt in the streets.
1737 H. Fielding Hist. Reg. 1736 iii. 22 Shakespeare was a pretty Fellow, and said some Things which only want a little of my licking to do well enough.
1902 N.E.D. at Licking Mod. He is somewhat uncouth; he wants licking into shape.
b. concrete in plural. (See quot. 1851.)
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1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. I. 207 Coarse broad salt; exported for the fisheries... Pickings, or cattle lickings.
2. colloquial. A beating, thrashing. literal and figurative.
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > beating > instance of
threshingOE
fustigation1428
breeching1520
trouncingc1550
bace1575
firking1594
belting1602
knave's grease1602
oil of baston1604
oil of birch1604
oil of hazel1604
oil of holly1604
oil of whip1604
lamb-pie1607
lamming1611
drubbing1650
vapulation1656
warming1681
floggation1688
working over1695
cullis1719
thrashing1720
halberd1756
licking1756
dressing1769
leathering1790
nointing1794
dusting1799
teasing1807
hiding1809
whopping1812
thrumming1823
toco1823
flaking1829
teaser1832
lathering1835
welting1840
pasting1851
towelling1851
whaling1852
hickory oil1855
swishing1859
slating1860
going-over1881
six of the best1912
belt beating1928
ass-kicking1943
stomping1958
seeing to1968
butt-kicking1970
1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans II. 151 I gave him such a licking, I question whether he didn't carry some of the bruises with'n to the grave.
1780 in F. Moore Songs & Ball. Amer. Rev. (1856) 307 The fray assum'd, the generals thought, The color of a lickin'.
1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. iii. 51 Obliged to take a severe licking from a boy who is twice as big..as yourself.
1818 J. Keats Let. in Wks. (1889) III. 115 He praised Thomson and Cowper, but he gave Crabbe a most unmerciful licking.
1831 Palmerston 29 May in H. L. Bulwer Life II. viii. 81 The moment they [the Belgians] stir a step to attack Holland, they will get a most exemplary licking.
1879 G. Meredith Egoist I. ix. 147 The power to take a licking is better worth having than the power to administer one.
Compounds
attributive, as licking-bout; † licking-medicine n. Obsolete an electuary. licking-place n. U.S. = lick n. 2; so licking-pond.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > syrup or linctus > [noun]
lectuary?c1225
electuary1398
syrup1398
lohoch?1543
condite1583
licking-medicine1597
eclegme1606
lincture1621
lambitive1656
lingencea1661
linctus1681
the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > salt-marsh > where animals lick
lick1747
licking-place1751
licking-pond1751
deer-lick1778
1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 137 This rosted..Onion..is vsed in a licking medicine against an old rotten cough.
1652 N. Culpeper Eng. Physitian Enlarged (1656) 144 The juyce [of Liquoris] dissolved in Rose-water with some Gum-Tragacanth is a fine licking Medicine for Hoarsness, Wheesings, &c.
1751 J. Bartram Observ. Trav. from Pensilvania 27 The back parts of our country are full of these licking [printed liching] ponds; some are..of pale clay, the deer..are fond of licking this clay.
1751 J. Bartram Observ. Trav. from Pensilvania 68 We..travelled along a rich hill side,..then down to a Licking-place.
1762 P. Collinson in W. Darlington Memorials J. Bartram & H. Marshall (1849) 238 Their bones or skeletons are now standing in a licking-place, not far from the Ohio.
1775 S. Crisp Let. Dec. in F. Burney Early Diary (1889) II. 136 Times are much alter'd since I gave him such a thorough licking-bout at back gammon.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
lickingadj.
/ˈlɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈlɪkɪŋ/ That licks. Of a flame: = lambent adj. Also slang, first-rate, ‘splendid’ (cf. thumping adj. 2, whacking adj.).
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective]
faireOE
bremea1000
goodlyOE
goodfulc1275
noblec1300
pricec1300
specialc1325
gentlec1330
fine?c1335
singulara1340
thrivena1350
thriven and throa1350
gaya1375
properc1380
before-passinga1382
daintiful1393
principala1398
gradelya1400
burlyc1400
daintyc1400
thrivingc1400
voundec1400
virtuousc1425
hathelc1440
curiousc1475
singlerc1500
beautiful1502
rare?a1534
gallant1539
eximious1547
jolly1548
egregious?c1550
jellyc1560
goodlike1562
brawc1565
of worth1576
brave?1577
surprising1580
finger-licking1584
admirablea1586
excellinga1586
ambrosial1598
sublimated1603
excellent1604
valiant1604
fabulous1609
pure1609
starryc1610
topgallant1613
lovely1614
soaringa1616
twanging1616
preclarent1623
primea1637
prestantious1638
splendid1644
sterling1647
licking1648
spankinga1666
rattling1690
tearing1693
famous1695
capital1713
yrare1737
pure and —1742
daisy1757
immense1762
elegant1764
super-extra1774
trimming1778
grand1781
gallows1789
budgeree1793
crack1793
dandy1794
first rate1799
smick-smack1802
severe1805
neat1806
swell1810
stamming1814
divine1818
great1818
slap-up1823
slapping1825
high-grade1826
supernacular1828
heavenly1831
jam-up1832
slick1833
rip-roaring1834
boss1836
lummy1838
flash1840
slap1840
tall1840
high-graded1841
awful1843
way up1843
exalting1844
hot1845
ripsnorting1846
clipping1848
stupendous1848
stunning1849
raving1850
shrewd1851
jammy1853
slashing1854
rip-staving1856
ripping1858
screaming1859
up to dick1863
nifty1865
premier cru1866
slap-bang1866
clinking1868
marvellous1868
rorty1868
terrific1871
spiffing1872
all wool and a yard wide1882
gorgeous1883
nailing1883
stellar1883
gaudy1884
fizzing1885
réussi1885
ding-dong1887
jim-dandy1888
extra-special1889
yum-yum1890
out of sight1891
outasight1893
smooth1893
corking1895
large1895
super1895
hot dog1896
to die for1898
yummy1899
deevy1900
peachy1900
hi1901
v.g.1901
v.h.c.1901
divvy1903
doozy1903
game ball1905
goodo1905
bosker1906
crackerjack1910
smashinga1911
jake1914
keen1914
posh1914
bobby-dazzling1915
juicy1916
pie on1916
jakeloo1919
snodger1919
whizz-bang1920
wicked1920
four-star1921
wow1921
Rolls-Royce1922
whizz-bang1922
wizard1922
barry1923
nummy1923
ripe1923
shrieking1926
crazy1927
righteous1930
marvy1932
cool1933
plenty1933
brahmaa1935
smoking1934
solid1935
mellow1936
groovy1937
tough1937
bottler1938
fantastic1938
readyc1938
ridge1938
super-duper1938
extraordinaire1940
rumpty1940
sharp1940
dodger1941
grouse1941
perfecto1941
pipperoo1945
real gone1946
bosting1947
supersonic1947
whizzo1948
neato1951
peachy-keen1951
ridgey-dite1953
ridgy-didge1953
top1953
whizzing1953
badass1955
wild1955
belting1956
magic1956
bitching1957
swinging1958
ridiculous1959
a treat1959
fab1961
bad-assed1962
uptight1962
diggish1963
cracker1964
marv1964
radical1964
bakgat1965
unreal1965
pearly1966
together1968
safe1970
bad1971
brilliant1971
fabby1971
schmick1972
butt-kicking1973
ripper1973
Tiffany1973
bodacious1976
rad1976
kif1978
awesome1979
death1979
killer1979
fly1980
shiok1980
stonking1980
brill1981
dope1981
to die1982
mint1982
epic1983
kicking1983
fabbo1984
mega1985
ill1986
posho1989
pukka1991
lovely jubbly1992
awesomesauce2001
nang2002
bess2006
amazeballs2009
boasty2009
daebak2009
beaut2013
1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. H5 v Thou sweetly canst convert the same From a consuming fire, Into a gentle-licking flame.
1680 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) xiv. 91 I will briefly describe it [Bone-Ace], and the rather because it is a licking Game for Money.
1899 E. Phillpotts Human Boy 182 The thing was, to make a licking big frame of light wood.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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