The act by which something is licked. / (informal) A severe beating. / (informal) A great loss or defeat.

present participle of lick

plural of licking

simple past tense and past participle of lick

plural of lick

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lick

(transitive) To stroke with the tongue. / (transitive) To lap; to take in with the tongue. / (colloquial) To beat with repeated blows. / (colloquial) To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight.

The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue. / The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick. / A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue.

An instance of earning money fast, usually by illegal means, thus a heist, drug deal etc.; mostly used in phrasal verbs: hit a lick, hit licks

A surname.