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- Dictionarylick/lɪk/
verb
- 1. pass the tongue over (something) in order to taste, moisten, or clean it: "he licked the stamp and stuck it on the envelope" Similar
- 2. overcome (a person or problem) decisively: informal "all right Mary, I know when I'm licked" Similar
noun
- 1. an act of licking something with the tongue: "Sammy gave his fingers a lick"
- 2. a light coating or quick application of something, especially paint: informal "she needed to give the kitchen a lick of paint" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of LICK is to draw the tongue over. How to use lick in a sentence. to draw the tongue over; to flicker over like a tongue; to take into the mouth with the tongue : lap…
LICK definition: 1. to move the tongue across the surface of something: 2. If flames or waves lick something, they…. Learn more.
Lick definition: to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.). See examples of LICK used in a sentence.
LICK meaning: 1. to move the tongue across the surface of something: 2. If flames or waves lick something, they…. Learn more.
A lick is a short piece of music which is part of a song and is played on a guitar. A lick is also a short section in a piece of jazz, which the musician invents while they are playing.
1. to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often fol. by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone. 2. to make, or cause to become, by stroking with the tongue: to lick a spoon clean. 3. (of waves, flames, etc.) to pass or play lightly over. 4.
To lick is to taste or touch with the tongue. When your dog licks you, he's saying hello. Humans should opt for waving hello over licking. Animal mothers lick their babies to clean them, and adult cats also groom themselves this way.
