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Definition lick

Etymology

From Middle English likken, from Old English liccian, from Proto-Germanic *likk?n? (compare Saterland Frisian likje, Dutch likken, German lecken), from Proto-Indo-European *ley??- (compare Old Irish ligid, Latin ling? (“lick”), ligguri? (“to lap, lick up”), Lithuanian laižyti, Old Church Slavonic ?????? (lizati), Ancient Greek ????? (leíkh?), Old Armenian ????? (lizem), Persian ??????‎ (lisidan), Sanskrit ???? (lé?hi), ???? (ré?hi)).

Noun

lick (plural licks)

  1. The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue.
  2. The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.
  3. A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue.
  4. A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.
  5. A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream.
  6. (colloquial) A stroke or blow.
  7. (colloquial) A small amount; a whit.
  8. (informal) An attempt at something.
  9. (music) A short motif.
  10. (informal) A rate of speed. (Always qualified by good, fair, or a similar adjective.)
  11. (slang) An act of cunnilingus.

Verb

lick (third-person singular simple present licks, present participle licking, simple past and past participle licked)

  1. (transitive) To stroke with the tongue.
  2. (transitive) To lap; to take in with the tongue.
  3. (colloquial) To beat with repeated blows.
  4. (colloquial) To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight.
  5. (colloquial) To overcome.
  6. (vulgar, slang) To perform cunnilingus.
  7. (colloquial) To do anything partially.
  8. (of flame, waves etc.) To lap.

Results 398 Words with the letters LICK

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9 letter words with the letters LICK 
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6 letter words with the letters LICK 
CALKIN 15
CLICKS 17
CLINKS 15
FICKLE 17
FICKLY 19
FLICKS 17
ICKILY 16
LICKED 15
LICKER 14
LUCKIE 15
MICKLE 17
NICKEL 15
NICKLE 15
PICKLE 17
SICKLE 14
SICKLY 16
SLICKS 14
TICKLE 14
5 letter words with the letters LICK 
CLICK 16
CLINK 14
FLICK 16
LICKS 13
SLICK 13
4 letter words with the letters LICK 
LICK 12
3 letter words with the letters LICK 
ICK 10
ILK 8
2 letter words with the letters LICK 
KI 6
LI 3

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