Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
(noun) the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
defeat, licking
(noun) an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; “it was a narrow defeat”; “the army’s only defeat”; “they suffered a convincing licking”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
licking (countable and uncountable, plural lickings)
An act of licking.
(informal) A severe beating.
(informal) A great loss or defeat.
licking
present participle of lick
Source: Wiktionary
Lick"ing, n.
1. A lapping with the tongue.
2. A flogging or castigation. [Colloq. or Low]
Lick, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Licked; p. pr. & vb. n. Licking.] Etym: [AS. liccian; akin to OS. likk, D. likken, OHG. lecch, G. lecken, Goth. bi-laig, Russ. lizate, L. lingere, Gr. lih, rih. . Cf. Lecher, Relish.]
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.
Lick, n. Etym: [See Lick, v.]
1. A stroke of the tongue in licking. "A lick at the honey pot." Dryden.
2. A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a tongue; as, to put on colors with a lick of the brush. Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied. [Colloq.] A lick of court white wash. Gray.
3. A place where salt is found on the surface of the earth, to which wild animals resort to lick it up; -- often, but not always, near salt springs. [U. S.]
Lick, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OSw. lägga to place, strike, prick.]
Definition: To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter. [Colloq. or Low] Carlyle. Thackeray.
Lick, n.
Definition: A slap; a quick stroke.[Colloq.] "A lick across the face." Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 January 2025
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.