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lick

/lɪk/
Meanings
  • Verb

    To touch with the tongue, as in tasting food or licking a stamp.

    - "He licked the ice cream cone."
    - "She licked the envelope to seal it."
  • Verb

    To move the tongue quickly over a surface, as in licking one's wounds or licking one's lips.

    - "The dog licked its wounds."
    - "He licked his lips before speaking."
Pronunciation
  1. /lɪk/



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Rhymes
Words rhyming with lick
brick , stick , quick , pick
Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

  1. Lick (Scottish) : A small stream or pool.

  2. Lick (Slang) : To be submissive or show respect to someone.

Variants
List of all variants of lick that leads to same result
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Forms
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licks, licked, licking

Etymology
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Old English 'liccian' meaning 'to lick'.

Trivia
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  1. The longest recorded 'lick' was by a man named Dan Pearson, who licked a 24-foot-long (7.3 meters) road in Indiana in 2005.

  2. The term 'lick' is also used in the world of dance to describe a move where one partner lifts the other partner and spins them around.

Related Concepts
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  1. Tongue: The muscular, flexible, and moist organ in the mouth that is used for tasting, chewing, and forming sounds in speech.

  2. Taste: The sense by which food is identified by the discerning powers of the tongue.

Culture
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In literature, 'lick' has been used metaphorically to describe various things such as the tongue's touch, the sound of a licking dog, or the act of licking one's wounds. In music, the term 'lick' is used to describe a particularly impressive guitar riff or solo.

How to Memorize "lick"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine touching or tasting something with your tongue.
    - Visualize the motion of the tongue moving over a surface.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'lick' with the sensation of tasting something delicious.
    - Think of the sound a dog makes when it licks its paws.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic phrase such as 'Lick Ice Cream' to remember the definition and meaning of the word.

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