Lick

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Etymology

Old English liccian, from Proto-Germanic *likkōjanan (cf. East Frisian [[likje#Template:Frs|likje]], Dutch likken, German lecken), from Proto-Indo-European *leig̑h- (cf. Irish ligim, Latin lingere 'to lick', liggurīre 'to lap, lick up', Lithuanian liẽžti, Old Church Slavonic lizati, Ancient Greek leíkhein, Armenian lizum, Persian lisidân, Sanskrit léḍhi, réḍhi).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɪk/, SAMPA: /lIk/

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• Rhymes: -ɪk

Verb

Infinitive to Lick

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Lick (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. To stroke with the tongue.

   The cat licked its fur.

2. (colloquial) To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight.

   My dad can lick your dad.

3. (colloquial) To overcome.

   I think I can lick this.

4. (vulgar, slang) To perform cunnilingus.
5. (colloquial) To do anything partially.

Translations

to stroke with a tongue

Albanian: lëpij sq(sq) Arabic: لحس ar(ar) (láHasa), لعق ar(ar) (lá3iqa) Armenian: լիզել hy(hy) (lizel), լպստել hy(hy) (lpstel) Bosnian: lizati bs(bs) Catalan: llepar ca(ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 舔 cmn(cmn) (tiǎn), 舐 cmn(cmn) (shì) Croatian: lizati hr(hr), liznuti hr(hr) Czech: lízat cs(cs) Dutch: likken nl(nl) Esperanto: leki eo(eo) Faroese: sleikja fo(fo) Finnish: nuolla fi(fi) French: lécher fr(fr) German: lecken de(de) Greek: γλείφω el(el) (gleírw) Hebrew: לִקֵּק he(he) (likek) Hindi: चाटना hi(hi) (cāṭnā) Icelandic: sleikja is(is) Indonesian: jilat Italian: leccare it(it)

Japanese: なめる ja(ja) (nameru) (舐める ja(ja), 嘗める ja(ja)), 舐ぶる ja(ja) (ねぶる, neburu) Korean: 핥다 ko(ko) (haltda) Lao: ເລຍ (lia) Latin: lambō la(la) Lithuanian: laižyti lt(lt) Macedonian: лиже mk(mk) (líže) Persian: لیسیدن (lisidan) Polish: lizać pl(pl) Portuguese: lamber pt(pt) Romanian: linge ro(ro) Russian: лизать ru(ru) (lizát') (impf.) Scottish Gaelic: imlich gd(gd) Serbian: Cyrillic: лизати Roman: lizati Slovene: lizati sl(sl), polizati sl(sl) Spanish: lamer es(es), lamber es(es) Swedish: slicka sv(sv) Turkish: yala tr(tr) Urdu: چاٹنا ur(ur) (cāṭnā)

colloquial: to defeat decisively

Chinese: Mandarin: 打敗 cmn(cmn), 打败 cmn(cmn) (dǎbài) Finnish: pieksää fi(fi) French: défaire fr(fr), vaincre fr(fr)

German: schlagen de(de), besiegen de(de) Japanese: 負かす ja(ja) (まかす, makasu) Russian: побеждать ru(ru) (pobeždát') (impf.), победить ru(ru) (pobedít') REDIRECT Template:pf.

colloquial: to overcome

Finnish: klaarata fi(fi)

vulgar slang: to perform cunnilingus

Finnish: nuolla fi(fi) German: lecken de(de)

Macedonian: лиже mk(mk) (líže) Russian: лизать ru(ru) (lizát') (impf.)

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Albanian: lëpin Esperanto: leki Hungarian: nyal

Indonesian: jilat Kurdish: alîstin Telugu: నాకు (naaku)

Noun

File:Marshall-county-indiana-yellow-river.jpg

Yellow River in rural Indiana, USA - example of a lick.

Singular Lick

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1. The act of licking.

   The cat gave its fur a lick.

2. The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.

   Give me a lick of ice cream.

3. A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.

   The birds gathered at the clay lick.

4. A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream.

   We used to play in the lick.

5. (colloquial) A stroke or blow.

   Hit that wedge a good lick with the sledgehammer.

6. (colloquial) A bit.

   You don't have a lick of sense.

   I didn't do a lick of work today.

7. (music) A short motif.

   There are some really good blues licks in this solo.

8. 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

terms related to "lick"

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

lick one's wounds lick up licked lickety split

Translations

the act of licking

Dutch: lik nl(nl) m. Korean: 핥음 ko(ko) (hal-teum)

Macedonian: лижење mk(mk) (líženje) n. Spanish: lamedura es(es) m.

amount obtainable with a single lick

Macedonian: лиз mk(mk) (liz) m.

place where animals lick minerals from the ground

small watercourse or ephemeral stream

colloquial: a stroke or blow

colloquial: a bit

music: a short motif

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