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Lick   /lɪk/   Listen
verb
Lick  v. t.  (past & past part. licked; pres. part. licking)  
1.
To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand.
2.
To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk.
To lick the dust, to be slain; to fall in battle. "His enemies shall lick the dust."
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.
To lick the spittle of, to fawn upon.
To lick up, to take all of by licking; to devour; to consume entirely.


Lick  v. t.  To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter. (Colloq. or Low)


noun
Lick  n.  
1.
A stroke of the tongue in licking. "A lick at the honey pot."
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."
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. Called also salt lick. (U. S.)


Lick  n.  A slap; a quick stroke. (Colloq.) "A lick across the face."





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"Lick" Quotes from Famous Books



... am utterly conscious that no Man has so good a Right to repose in it, as yourself. Therefore, dear, good good Mr. Pope, be seated!... Whether you call me Dunce or Doctor, whether you like me, or lick me, contemn, jerk, or praise me, you will still find me the same merry Monarch I was before you did me the Honour to put yourself out of ...
— Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles • Daniel Hack Tuke
... bit, captain. They are sure to have a lot of redskins with them, and they will be lurking in the woods, in hopes that we may try such a move. No; we have got a strong position here, and can lick them three to one; but in the woods, except Stark's men, and perhaps yours, none of the others wouldn't ...
— With Wolfe in Canada - The Winning of a Continent • G. A. Henty
... once incredulous and disappointed. "Surely that's not thy best lick, lad," he said, in an aggrieved tone; "why, old as I am, I could better it mysel'." Thus saying, the miner drew back a fist like a sledge-hammer, and let drive a blow at "Blacky" that sent the pointer up ...
— The Copper Princess - A Story of Lake Superior Mines • Kirk Munroe
... many a mountain pass'd and valley wide, Then reach'd the wild; where, in a flowery nook, And seated on a mossy stone, he spied An ancient man: his harp lay him beside. A stag sprang from the pasture at his call, And, kneeling, lick'd the wither'd hand that tied A wreath of woodbine round his antlers tall, And hung his lofty neck with many a ...
— The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer - With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes • Rev. George Gilfillan [Ed.]
... "You are not worth taking—guess you'll keep till we lick the Yanks," and walking around the helpless officer he ...
— Westways • S. Weir Mitchell


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