LICKING

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


Noun

licking (countable and uncountable, plural lickings)

An act of licking.

(informal) A severe beating.

(informal) A great loss or defeat.

Verb

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

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



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