lick

Meaning

Verb

1. To stroke with the tongue.
2. 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) 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 of earning 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

Synonyms

lap

taste

lap up

trounce

thrash

suck

drink

🥤

defeat

drub

salt lick

beat

overcome

clout

figure out

whip

ligule

meal

wipe

sip

work

work out

outdo

cream

slobber over

bat

🦇

strike against

slug

cooked rice

biff

solve

spank

poke

swallow

kiss

😗

punch

👊

touch

puzzle out

lambaste

trump

clobber

uvula

vanquish

smacker

best

spreadeagle

spread-eagle

subdue

take

top

🔝

touch lightly

transcend

triumph

😤

try

whack

whang

whomp

whop

win

wipe away

lick clean

make smooth

small amount

weed very cleanly

one lick

water

🚰

get the best

have the best

speed

a bit

ace

beat out

burn

carry

churn

conquer

crush

destroy

envelop

ferule

finish off

flame

flatter

flog

hiding

hit

kill

🔪🩸👤

lash

letter

licking

moisten

outfight

outgo

outmatch

outplay

overpower

pip

prevail

quell

rout

sack

scoop

scourge

sharpen

shell

🐚

shellac

slam

slap

sleek

smack

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɪk/

Etymology

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).