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as in blow
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
gave the ball a solid lick with the bat
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2
as in shred
a very small amount
the soup needs just a lick more of salt
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as in damn
the smallest amount or part imaginable
you haven't done a lick of work all day
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as in to hide
to strike repeatedly
your father will lick you good if he hears you using swear words
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as in to master
to achieve a victory over
he's determined to do everything he can to lick the cancer
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Recent Examples of lick
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
The footage, shared to social media, features Hagen's Shaggy picking up Scooby and getting a few licks on his face.
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Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
Mateo Rosiles,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
Chalk it up to a bad match, and lick your wounds.
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Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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Noun
Elk, deer, and buffalo had migrated to and from mineral licks throughout North America for millennia.
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Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
The footage, shared to social media, features Hagen's Shaggy picking up Scooby and getting a few licks on his face.
—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
Verb
Monitor pets for behavioral changes, as pets may experience pain, licking or chewing at a wound, loss of appetite and lethargy.
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Mateo Rosiles,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
Chalk it up to a bad match, and lick your wounds.
—
Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lick
Noun
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Hers is a voice that ought to have a lifetime’s staying power, bolstered by a lyrical and musical sensibility that provide everything her instrument needs to deliver a happy succession of knockout blows.
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Kyiv’s forces have especially targeted supplies to Crimea, triggering the worst fuel crisis on the Black Sea peninsula since it was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014 and delivering a blow to the Kremlin’s narrative that Moscow is winning the war.
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Their main flaw is that the protagonists rarely display a shred of agency or activity.
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The rest of the band followed his lead, particularly Green, a relentless head-banger, dropping to her knees to become one with the feedback and leaning back into beatific shred-faces.
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And if that is to be the case, most Chicagoans do not give a damn whether the team goes to Arlington Heights or Hammond.
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In a world of drivers mostly ruled by their corporate sponsors, Busch was an otherworldly talent who simply did not give a damn.
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For loungability there’s a king bed, a hide-a-bed sofa, a fireplace and theater seats.
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When Fluffy failed to come out of hiding after 24 hours, Melissa Kirby and her husband began making and posting missing cat posters around their neighborhood.
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With life spent largely on transit, navigating tight layovers, and using their days off to jet-set across the globe, flight attendants have mastered the art of packing.
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Netanyahu, 76, has spent decades mastering political theater, sharp messaging and grand performances.
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DeTiger also discusses working with Caroline Polachek, Chromeo and Stargate, the viral videos that launched her career, the influence of Rush’s Geddy Lee and developing her signature slap bass style.
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Morgan responded with a slap and brush off of the voodoo.
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Mysterio came back with a baseball slide into a splash on the outside.
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Betts is making his splash at the plate again.
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His adoration, here as in all things natural, is infectious, although the birds themselves care not a whit for him, and isn’t that part of the wonder, the fun?
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An unconventional structure or new approach bothers them not a whit.
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“Lick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lick. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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