English Dictionary

lick

/lɪk/

noun

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.

The dog gave a lick to my hand.

意味（1）

The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue.

The cat gave its fur a lick.

意味（2）

The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.

Give me a lick of ice cream.

意味（3）

A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue.

a lick of paint

意味（4）

A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.

The birds gathered at the clay lick.

意味（5）

A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream.

We used to play in the lick.

意味（6）

(colloquial) A stroke or blow.

Hit that wedge a good lick with the sledgehammer.

意味（7）

(colloquial) A small amount; a whit.

You don't have a lick of sense.

意味（8）

(informal) An attempt at something.

Well, my album did well, but Ruby was a timely song and that wasn't the time for it to step out. […] Then Waylon Jennings took a lick at it on an album, and my old buddy Roger Miller covered it, too, in his album. And although they're outstanding artists, nothing much happened with the song.

意味（9）

(music) A short motif.

There are some really good blues licks in this solo.

意味（10）

(informal) A rate of speed. (Always qualified by good, fair, or a similar adjective.)

The bus was travelling at a good lick when it swerved and left the road.

意味（11）

(slang) An act of cunnilingus.

You up for a lick tonight?