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Meaning of licks
noun
- The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue. Example: The cat gave its fur a lick.
- The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick. Example: Give me a lick of ice cream.
- A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue. Example: a lick of paint
- A place where animals lick minerals from the ground. Example: The birds gathered at the clay lick.
- A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream. Example: We used to play in the lick.
verb
- To stroke with the tongue. Example: The cat licked its fur.
- To lap; to take in with the tongue. Example: She licked the last of the honey off the spoon before washing it.
- To beat with repeated blows.
- To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight. Example: My dad can lick your dad.
- To overcome. Example: I think I can lick this.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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