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Lick   /lɪk/   Listen
verb
Lick  v. t.  (past & past part. licked; pres. part. licking)  
1.
To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand.
2.
To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk.
To lick the dust, to be slain; to fall in battle. "His enemies shall lick the dust."
To lick into shape, to give proper form to; from a notion that the bear's cubs are born shapeless and subsequently formed by licking.
To lick the spittle of, to fawn upon.
To lick up, to take all of by licking; to devour; to consume entirely.


Lick  v. t.  To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter. (Colloq. or Low)


noun
Lick  n.  
1.
A stroke of the tongue in licking. "A lick at the honey pot."
2.
A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a tongue; as, to put on colors with a lick of the brush. Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied. (Colloq.) "A lick of court whitewash."
3.
A place where salt is found on the surface of the earth, to which wild animals resort to lick it up; often, but not always, near salt springs. Called also salt lick. (U. S.)


Lick  n.  A slap; a quick stroke. (Colloq.) "A lick across the face."





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Lick" Quotes from Famous Books



... homely of face, and looked "soft," as normal boys would say. But his parents were determined to make an ideal dream-child of him, and, of course, he had to submit. I had the contempt for him which a philistine boy feels for a creature whom he knows he can lick with one hand tied behind his back, and I had nothing whatever to say to him. But Pennini was not such a mollycoddle and ass as he looked, and when he grew up he gave evidence enough of having a mind and a way of his own. My mother took him at his ...
— Hawthorne and His Circle • Julian Hawthorne
... between ye this time,' said Black Thompson. 'Stevie shall carry them to the end of Red Lane, and cut across the hill home: that's not much out of the way; and if Tim makes him go one step farther, I'll lick thee myself to-morrow, ...
— Fern's Hollow • Hesba Stretton
... restless, watchful fire that rings it around. Now, the time for life has come again. Up from the mountain side comes a ringing horn note, and in a moment the hero strides through the flames that dart and flicker and lick at him, but cannot harm him, and stands in the magic circle gazing in wonder upon its ...
— The Wagner Story Book • Henry Frost
... Thorndyke, when one stands up against a man who is as strong as one's self, and a mighty quick and hard hitter, you have got to hit sharp and quick too. You know my opinion, that there aint half a dozen men in the country could lick you if you ...
— Colonel Thorndyke's Secret • G. A. Henty
... got pretty friendly after that. And Bill didn't seem to bother about any more ventriloquism; but the white rooster spent a lot of time looking for that other rooster. Perhaps he thought he'd have better luck with him. But Page was on the look-out all the time to get a rooster that would lick ours. He did nothing else for a month but ride round and enquire about roosters; and at last he borrowed a game-bird in town, left five pounds deposit on him, and brought him home. And Page and the old man agreed to have a match—about ...
— On the Track • Henry Lawson


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