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Licking

Lick \Lick\ (l[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Licked (l[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Licking.] [AS. liccian; akin to OS. likk[=o]n, D. likken, OHG. lecch[=o]n, G. lecken, Goth. bi-laig[=o]n, Russ. lizate, L. lingere, Gr. lei`chein, Skr. lih, rih.

  1. To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand.
    --Addison.

  2. To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk.
    --Shak.

    To lick the dust, to be slain; to fall in battle. ``His enemies shall lick the dust.''
    --Ps. lxxii. 9.

    To lick into shape, to give proper form to; -- from a notion that the bear's cubs are born shapeless and subsequently formed by licking.
    --Hudibras.

    To lick the spittle of, to fawn upon.
    --South.

    To lick up, to take all of by licking; to devour; to consume entirely.
    --Shak.
    --Num. xxii. 4.

Licking

Licking \Lick"ing\, n.

  1. A lapping with the tongue.

  2. A flogging or castigation. [Colloq. or Low]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
licking

"an act of licking or lapping," late 14c., from present participle of lick (v.1); meaning "a beating" is 1756, from lick (v.2).

Wiktionary
licking

n. 1 An act of lick. 2 (context slang English) A severe beating. 3 (context slang English) A great loss or defeat. vb. (present participle of lick English)

WordNet
licking
  1. n. an unsuccessful ending [syn: defeat] [ant: victory]

  2. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows [syn: beating, thrashing, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking]

Gazetteer
Licking, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 1471
Housing Units (2000): 744
Land area (2000): 1.735151 sq. miles (4.494019 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.010002 sq. miles (0.025904 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.745153 sq. miles (4.519923 sq. km)
FIPS code: 42464
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 37.496775 N, 91.857629 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 65542
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Licking, MO
Licking
Licking -- U.S. County in Ohio
Population (2000): 145491
Housing Units (2000): 58760
Land area (2000): 686.504767 sq. miles (1778.039109 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.876096 sq. miles (4.859065 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 688.380863 sq. miles (1782.898174 sq. km)
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 40.065737 N, 82.482297 W
Headwords:
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Licking, OH
Licking County
Licking County, OH
Wikipedia
Licking

Licking is the action of passing the tongue over a surface, typically either to deposit saliva onto the surface, or to collect liquid, food or minerals onto the tongue for ingestion, or to communicate with other animals. Many animals both groom themselves and eat or drink by licking.

Licking (disambiguation)

Licking is the action of passing the tongue over a surface.

Licking may also refer to:

  • Licking, Missouri
  • Licking County, Ohio
  • Licking Creek (disambiguation)
  • Licking River (disambiguation)
  • Licking Township (disambiguation)

Usage examples of "licking".

In a flash, Maximilian, Clementine, Telzey, and Emma had surrounded Ake and were licking his face and putting their massive paws on his shoulders.

They heaved in a great, tangled mass, thrusting, licking, panting, writhing, biting, while a crowd gathered on the sidewalk beneath the building, gesturing upward toward the ludicrous alfresco scene.

Pol moved through the market, chewing baklava, licking fingers coated with honey.

Hovering over the scene was a bunch of particularly ugly buzzards, looking down upon the good guys and licking their beaky chops.

The two beasts sniffed each other warily, then Bozo, like an anxious parent, began licking his pup as if to make certain that he was unharmed.

He spoke with Cliffy and Robinson, all the while looking at the top hat and licking his lips.

Beany he said he dident and he saw me with the pepersass bottel in my hand and Mister Hirvey he said now you have got to eat that creemcake or take a good licking and he took his cane, and held Beany by the coller and said 1 and Beany dident eat it, and then he said 2 and Beany dident eat it and then he said 3 and he hit Beany a auful whack over the legs and Beany hollered like time and held on to his legs, and then Mister Hirvey he said 1 again and Beany dident eat it and he said 2 and Beany dident eat it and jest as he said 3 Beany he grabed it and took a bite and tride to swaller it and i thought i shood die to see him, he spit and clawed at his mouth and he howled and jumped up and down and then he ran over to Charles Toles pump and rensed his mouth and drank out of the horse troth and Mister Hirvey and the man like to dide laffing.

Immediately the two dogs hurled themselves out, and fell upon Ern and Fatty in rhapsodies of joy, barking, licking, pawing as if they had gone mad.

Then one day while he was licking creme fraiche off a light-skinned Dominican lesbian, a bad thought descended like an anti-gravity hover ambulance.

Then he got the bright idea of feeding little pieces of brownie to her by hand, but that backfired on him because it was a flaming turn-on to place crumbs of fudgy cake in her soft mouth, to feel her hot tongue greedily licking off the crumbs and glaze, to watch the pleasure blooming on her face.

This process generally goes on for three changes of the moon or for a month and a-half, during which time the tame and the wild gayals are always together, licking the decoy balls, and the Kookie, after the first day or two of their being so, makes his appearance at such a distance as not to alarm the wild ones.

Sister Haka nodded, licking her lips, her eyes lighting with cruel anticipation.

Beanys father to hich up his horse and we wood go down and see if we had lied to him and he said if i had lied to him he wood give me the wirst licking i ever had.

He cleaned and skinned and jointed the hyrax, roasted its meat in the hot ashes, and ate until his stomach hurt, cracking bones for hot marrow and licking the fatty juices from his fingers.

And I know more than one skipper on the big-time racing circuit who will tell you they had given up, nothing left functioning, all hands thought they were dead, and they looked out and there was Big Jim Ivins, licking salt off his cracked lips after twenty-four hours at the wheel, and there was no reason to give upnot with Big Jim on board.