Definitions for lick
lɪklick

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. salt lick, licknoun

   a salt deposit that animals regularly lick

2. lick, lapnoun

   touching with the tongue

   "the dog's laps were warm and wet"

3. punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slugverb

   (boxing) a blow with the fist

   "I gave him a clout on his nose"

4. cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lickverb

   beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight

   "We licked the other team on Sunday!"

5. lick, lapverb

   pass the tongue over

   "the dog licked her hand"

6. solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, workverb

   find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of

   "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem"

7. lap, lap up, lickverb

   take up with the tongue

   "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. licknoun

   The act of licking.

   The cat gave its fur a lick.

2. licknoun

   The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.

   Give me a lick of ice cream.

3. licknoun

   A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.

   The birds gathered at the clay lick.

4. licknoun

   A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream.

   We used to play in the lick.

5. licknoun

   A stroke or blow.

   Hit that wedge a good lick with the sledgehammer.

6. licknoun

   A bit.

7. licknoun

   A short motif.

   There are some really good blues licks in this solo.

8. licknoun

   speed. In this sense it is always qualified by good, or fair or a similar adjective.

   The bus was travelling at a good lick when it swerved and left the road.

9. lickverb

   To stroke with the tongue.

   The cat licked its fur.

10. lickverb

    To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight.

    My dad can lick your dad.

11. lickverb

    To overcome.

    I think I can lick this.

12. lickverb

    To perform cunnilingus.

13. lickverb

    To do anything partially.

14. lickverb

    To lap

15. Etymology: liccian, from likkōnan (compare East Frisian likje, Dutch likken, German lecken), from leiǵʰ- (compare Old Irish ligid, Latin lingo, liggurio, Lithuanian liẽžti, Old Church Slavonic лизати, Ancient Greek λείχω, Old Armenian լիզեմ, Persian لیسیدن, Sanskrit लेढि, रेढि).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Licknoun

   A blow; rough usage: a low word.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   He turned upon me as round as a chafed boar, and gave me a lick across the face. Dryden.

2. To Lickverb

   Etymology: licean , Saxon; lecken, Dutch.

   1. To pass over with the tongue.

   Æsculapius went about with a dog and a she-goat, both which he used much in his cures; the first for licking all ulcered wounds, and the goat’s milk for the diseases of the stomach and lungs. William Temple.

   A bear’s a savage beast;
   Whelp’d without form, until the dam
   Has lick’d it into shape and frame. Hudibras, p. i.

   He with his tepid rays the rose renews,
   And licks the drooping leaves, and dries the dews. Dryden.

   I have seen an antiquary lick an old coin, among other trials, to distinguish the age of it by its taste. Addison.

   2. To lap; to take in by the tongue.

   At once pluck out
   The multitudinous tongue; let them not lick
   The sweet which is their poison. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   3. To Lick up. To devour.

   Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass. Numb. xxii. 4.

   When luxury has lick’d up all thy pelf,
   Curs’d by thy neighbours, thy trustees, thyself:
   Think how posterity will treat thy name. Alexander Pope, Horace.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lickverb

   to draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand

2. Lickverb

   to lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk

3. Lick

   a stroke of the tongue in licking

4. Lick

   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

5. Lick

   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

6. Lickverb

   to strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter

7. Licknoun

   a slap; a quick stroke

8. Etymology: [See Lick, v.]

FreebaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lick

   In popular music genres such as rock or jazz music, a lick is "a stock pattern or phrase" consisting of a short series of notes that is used in solos and melodic lines and accompaniment. Licks in rock and roll are often used through a formula, and variations technique in which variants of simple, stock ideas are blended and developed during the solo. In a jazz band, a lick may be performed during an improvised solo, either during an accompanied solo chorus or during an unaccompanied solo break. Jazz licks are usually original short phrases which can be altered so that they can be used over a song's changing harmonic progressions.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lick

   lik, v.t. to pass the tongue over: to take in by the tongue: to lap: to beat by repeated blows: (coll.) to triumph over, overcome.—n. a passing the tongue over: a slight smear: (Scot.) a tiny amount: a blow: (coll.) an attempt, trial: (pl., Scot.) a thrashing.—ns. Lick′er; Lick′ing, a thrashing; Lick′penny (Scot.), a miserly person; Lick′-plat′ter, Lick′-trench′er, Lick′spittle, a mean, servile dependent.—Lick into shape, to give form and method to—from the notion that the she-bear gives form to her shapeless young by licking them; Lick the dust, to be slain: to be abjectly servile. [A.S. liccian; Ger. lecken, L. lingĕre, Gr. leichein.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lick

   In common parlance is a blow. To do anything partially, is to give it a lick and a promise, as in painting or blacking.--To lick, to surpass a rival, or excel him in anything.--Lick of the tar-brush, a seaman.

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1. lick

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1. LICK

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lick is ranked #24629 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Lick surname appeared 1,014 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Lick.
   
   96.2% or 976 total occurrences were White.
   1.3% or 14 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.9% or 10 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.9% or 10 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Beat
   • Drink
   • Sediment
   • Stroke
   • Touch
   • Understand

How to pronounce lick?

1. Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lick in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lick in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of lick in a Sentence

1. Dynasty Star Willie Robertson:

   A lot of people come down and visit. They want to come to the warehouse and take a picture and then they will go in and spend money… 2013 for us was the high mark so now we’ve seen where it’s leveled off and still there is a lot of people spending. In fact, even when the economy is down we’ve noticed that hunting stuff, it doesn’t miss a lick.

2. This Is Spinal Tap:

   Nigel You know, just simple lines intertwining, you know, very much like - I'm really influenced by Mozart and Bach, and it's sort of in between those, really. It's like a Mach piece, really. It's sort of - Marty What do you call this Nigel Well, this piece is called Lick My Love Pump.

3. George Strait:

   We’re just trying to get people to try it, you know, so many people have a little phobia about drinking tequila. [ They think ] it's going to be nasty, you're going to hold your nose and drink it down as fast as you can and suck on a lime and lick some salt — but our tequila certainly isn't that way.

4. Samuel Adams:

   If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you and may posterity forget that ye were once our countrymen.

5. Bryan Fuller:

   We had been telling the story of Hannibal Lecter, foreigner in America, so far, and now we transition the story, he's returning to more familiar settings to lick his wounds. It allows us to explore the emotional bandwidth of his character and see him pining for his friend Will.

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