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1. (n.) licking
Informal.
2. licking
a beating or thrashing.
3. licking
a reversal or disappointment; defeat or setback.
4. licking
the act of a person or thing that licks.
Etymology: (1350–1400)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) defeat, licking
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
"it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"
2. (noun) beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) licking
a lapping with the tongue
2. (noun) licking
a flogging or castigation
3. licking
of Lick
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Sense: a beating as a punishment.
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 Afrikaans: pak kry |
 Arabic: جَلْد، ضَرْب بالسَّوْط |
 Bulgarian: бой |
 Brazilian: surra |
 Czech: nářez, výprask |
 German: die Schläge |
 Danish: prygl; tæsk |
 Greek: ραβδισμός |
 Spanish: paliza |
 Estonian: keretäis |
 Farsi: شلاق زنی |
 Finnish: selkäsauna |
 French: raclée |
 Hebrew: מַכּוֹת |
 Hindi: पिटाई |
 Croatian: batine |
 Hungarian: verés |
 Indonesian: hukuman pukulan |
 Italian: botte |
 Japanese: （罰として）たたくこと |
 Korean: 매질하기 |
 Lithuanian: pyla |
 Latvian: pēriens |
 Malay: pukulan atau sebatan seba |
 Dutch: pak slaag |
 Norwegian: juling |
 Polish: dostać cięgi |
 Persian: شلاق زنی |
 Pashto: په قمچين وهل |
 Russian: взбучка |
 Slovak: výprask |
 Slovenian: batinanje |
 Serbian: porcija batina |
 Swedish: stryk, smörj |
 Thai: การตี |
 Turkish: dayak, kötek |
 Taiwanese: 鞭打 |
 Ukrainian: лупцювання; прочухан |
 Urdu: پٹائی |
 Vietnamese: đánh |
 Chinese: 鞭打 |
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