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lick

noun

1 lick

A salt deposit that animals regularly lick.

synonym: salt lick.

Dutch: liksteen
Polish: lizawka

2 lick

Touching with the tongue.

synonym: lap.

Dutch: lik
Polish: liźnięcie

3 lick

boxing A blow with the fist.

synonyms: biff, clout, poke, punch, slug.

Dutch: oorvijg, punch

verb

1 lick

Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight:
— We licked the other team on Sunday!.

synonyms: bat, clobber, cream, drub, thrash.

Roget 731: succeed; be successful etc. adj.; gain one's end, gain one's ends; crown with success.    gain a point, attain a point, carry a point, secure a point, win a point, win an object; get there [U.S.]; ... show more

Roget 972: punish; chastise, chasten; castigate, correct, inflict punishment, administer correction, deal retributive justice; cowhide, lambaste [Slang].    visit upon, pay; pay out, serve out; ... show more

Dutch: ranselen

2 lick

Pass the tongue over:
— The dog licked her hand.

synonym: lap.

Roget 298: eat, feed, fare, devour, swallow, take; gulp, bolt, snap; fall to; despatch, dispatch; discuss; take down, ... show more

Dutch: lekken, likken

3 lick

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

synonyms: figure out, puzzle out, solve, work, work out.

Dutch: uitvogelen, er achter komen, oplossen

4 lick

Take up with the tongue:
— The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast.

synonyms: lap, lap up.

Dutch: oplebberen, oplikken, opslobberen, opslorpen, opslurpen


Moby thesaurus: addle, amaze, approach, assay, attempt, baffle, bamboozle, bang, bash, bat, bear the palm, beat, beat all hollow, beat hollow, beating, belt, best, bid, biff, bite ... show more.

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