lick
/lɪk/ noun C2- The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue. · The cat gave its fur a lick.
- The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick. · Give me a lick of ice cream.
- A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue. · a lick of paint· to put on colours with a lick of the brush
- A place where animals lick minerals from the ground. · The birds gathered at the clay lick.
- A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream. · We used to play in the lick.
- A stroke or blow. · Hit that wedge a good lick with the sledgehammer.
- A small amount; a whit. · You don't have a lick of sense.· I didn't do a lick of work today.
- An attempt at something.
Plural licks
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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He then attempted to lick his master, and jumped upon his back.
“I can lick the man that invented poverty.”
You know I used to be a good cook; do you recollect how you used to lick your fingers?
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