Definitions for Licking

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Licking lick·ing

Spelling: [lik-ing]

IPA: /ˈlɪk ɪŋ/

Licking is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 74 anagrams from letters in Licking (cgiikln).

Definitions for Licking

noun

1. Informal. a beating or thrashing. a reversal or disappointment; defeat or setback.
2. the act of a person or thing that licks.
3. a stroke of the tongue over something.
4. as much as can be taken up by one stroke of the tongue.
5. salt lick.
6. Informal. a blow. a brief, brisk burst of activity or energy. a quick pace or clip; speed. a small amount:
7. Usually, licks. a critical or complaining remark.
8. Usually, licks. Jazz Slang. a musical phrase, as by a soloist in improvising.

Idioms

1. last licks, a final turn or opportunity:
2. lick and a promise, a hasty and perfunctory performance in doing something:
3. lick ass, Slang: Vulgar. kiss (def 18).
4. lick into shape, Informal. to bring to completion or perfection through discipline, hard work, etc.:
5. lick one's chops. chop3 (def 7).
6. lick one's wounds. wound1 (def 6).
7. lick the dust. dust (def 24).

Verb phrases

1. lick up, to lap up; devour greedily.

verb (used with object)

1. to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.):
2. to make, or cause to become, by stroking with the tongue:
3. (of waves, flames, etc.) to pass or play lightly over:
4. Informal. to hit or beat, especially as a punishment; thrash; whip. to overcome or defeat, as in a fight, game, or contest. to outdo or surpass.

verb (used without object)

1. to move quickly or lightly.

Origin of Licking

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at lick, -ing¹

Examples for Licking

Marabella, now licking her lollipop and tapping her foot, appears unfazed.

But because it was a love-gift I ate all of it and was licking the basket-tray when Tse-tse came back.

Then, suddenly, he saw a great dragon, who was licking a stone.

Tim Mathern, a longtime North Dakota state Senator came to the event thinking that it was “all about licking our wounds.”

Democratic pundits had spent hours licking their wounds vowing comeuppance.

They concluded by licking the porringers, and were smeared with soup up to their eyes.

It was pure good fortune that landed the Gathering in licking County, a farm-strewn block of land east of Columbus.

He began to make his toilet, first licking his right-hand whiskers and then his left.

Georgia Congressman Bob Barr warned that “the flames of hedonism . . . are licking at the very foundations of our society.”

And Egbert—by the living jingo, Egbert was in for a licking.