lick

(Inglese)

Verb

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. (slang, vulgar) To perform cunnilingus.
7. (colloquial) To do anything partially.
8. To lap.

Noun

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. A short motif.
10. (informal) A rate of speed. (Always qualified by good, fair, or a similar adjective.)
11. (slang) An act of cunnilingus.

Noun

An instance or opportunity to earn money fast, usually by illegal means, thus a heist, drug deal etc. or its victim; mostly used in phrasal verbs: hit a lick, hit licks

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/lɪk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: likken

Ereditato da inglese antico: liccian

Affine saterfriesisch: likje

Affine olandese: likken

Affine tedesco: lecken

Affine irlandese antico: ligid

Affine latino: lingō

Affine lituano: laižyti

Affine slavo ecclesiastico: лизати

Affine greco antico: λείχω

Affine Classical Armenian: լիզեմ

Affine persiano: لیسیدن

Affine sanscrito: लेढि

In summary

From Middle English likken, from Old English liccian, from Proto-West Germanic *likkōn, from Proto-Germanic *likkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”).
See also Saterland Frisian likje, Dutch likken, German lecken; also Old Irish ligid, Latin lingō (“lick”), ligguriō (“to lap, lick up”), Lithuanian laižyti, Old Church Slavonic лизати (lizati), Ancient Greek λείχω (leíkhō), Old Armenian լիզեմ (lizem), Persian لیسیدن (lisidan), Sanskrit लेढि (léḍhi), रेढि (réḍhi).

Concetti

leccare

leccata

lambire

leccammo

luccio

risolvere

bastonare

cazzotto

👊

pugno

✊

picchiare

sbaragliare

sbrogliare

schiacciare

mangiare leccando

pulire con la lingua

pulire con le dita

adulare

sinonimi

lap

taste

lap up

suck

trounce

thrash

drub

salt lick

drink

🥤

overcome

defeat

beat

biff

clobber

figure out

punch

👊

slobber over

cooked rice

clout

wipe

whip

work

uvula

strike against

touch

puzzle out

cream

poke

kiss

😗

lambaste

vanquish

work out

outdo

meal

ligule

swallow

slug

bat

🦇

solve

sip

spank

trump

kill

🔪🩸👤

hit

crush

hiding

flog

conquer

flatter

prevail

Traduzioni

lécher

lamer

lecken

likken

γλείφω

lamber

llepar

yalamak

lizać

لعق

lamber

lambo

لحس

schlecken

laper