lick /lik/

1. To pass the tongue over (eg to moisten or taste)
2. To take into the mouth using the tongue
3. To lap
4. To put or make by passing the tongue over
5. To pass over or play upon in the manner of a tongue
6. To flicker over or around
7. To smear
8. To beat (informal)

1. To go at full speed (informal)
2. To smoke crack (drug sl)

1. An act of licking
2. A quantity licked up, or such (a small amount) as might be imagined to be licked up
3. A slight smearing or wash
4. A place where animals lick salt
5. A blow or flick (esp Scot in pl a thrashing)
6. Vigorous speed (informal)
7. A wag (Scot)
8. In jazz or rock music, a short instrumental passage or flourish (informal)

lickˈer noun

lickˈing noun

A thrashing

lickˈer-inˈ noun

A toothed cylinder that takes in material to a carding engine

lickˈpenny noun (obsolete)

Something which licks up, or is a drain upon, one's money

lickˈspittle or (rare) lickˈ-platter noun

A toady

lickˈ-trencher noun (archaic)

A parasite

a lick and a promise

A perfunctory wash

lick into shape

To mould into satisfactory form, from the notion that the she-bear gives form to her shapeless young by licking them

lick one's lips

To look forward, or (archaic) to recall, with pleasure

lick one's wounds

To retire from a defeat, failure, etc, esp in order to try to recover one's strength, pride, etc

lick someone's boots

To toady

lick the dust

1. To be killed or finished off (informal)
2. To be abjectly servile

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