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as in pounded
to strike repeatedly
your father will lick you good if he hears you using swear words
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as in defeated
to achieve a victory over
he's determined to do everything he can to lick the cancer
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Recent Examples of licked
When a boy had licked her neck at a party during the first week of college, a stranger!
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Danielle Parker, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
There was one girl who licked doorknobs.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
Rumor has it the fashion crowd licked the shelves clean in Paris as soon as the first designs hit stores.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2026
Of course, the flue was closed, so the fire licked up the walls, left a smell like the fall, like ancient smokehouses and dung.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
At Nadeau’s Ice Sculptures, the oldest carving factory in America, a team of former archaeologists and butchers creates ephemeral art designed to be licked, touched, and eventually, lost.
—Blair Braverman, Outside, 3 Mar. 2026
Legend has it that when Buddha was painting the sky, blue pigment dripped onto the floor and his inquisitive chow chow licked the puddle, coloring the dog’s tongue permanently.
—Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Though his injuries were severe, the sailors watched in wonder as the cat determinedly licked his wounds, then got back to work destroying the rats threatening the ship’s food stores.
—Anne Ewbank, Popular Science, 18 Feb. 2026
Ghadimi licked her lips over and over.
—Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
Danielle Parker, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
There was one girl who licked doorknobs.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
Rumor has it the fashion crowd licked the shelves clean in Paris as soon as the first designs hit stores.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2026
Of course, the flue was closed, so the fire licked up the walls, left a smell like the fall, like ancient smokehouses and dung.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
At Nadeau’s Ice Sculptures, the oldest carving factory in America, a team of former archaeologists and butchers creates ephemeral art designed to be licked, touched, and eventually, lost.
—Blair Braverman, Outside, 3 Mar. 2026
Legend has it that when Buddha was painting the sky, blue pigment dripped onto the floor and his inquisitive chow chow licked the puddle, coloring the dog’s tongue permanently.
—Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Though his injuries were severe, the sailors watched in wonder as the cat determinedly licked his wounds, then got back to work destroying the rats threatening the ship’s food stores.
—Anne Ewbank, Popular Science, 18 Feb. 2026
Ghadimi licked her lips over and over.
—Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for licked
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Instead of just hitting the ground, the hail pounded the museum's collection of one‑of‑a‑kind planes and helicopters.—
Bo Evans,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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Instead, whole grains and foods are dissembled into molecules which, with the help of artificial colorings, flavorings and gluelike emulsifiers, are heated, pounded, shaped or extruded into any food a manufacturer can dream up.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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Once fierce rivals, the two men were responsible for the country’s first peaceful transfer of power between parties, after Jefferson and his Democratic-Republican Party defeated Adams and the Federalists in the election of 1800.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Disable my adblockerContinue without disabling Contact support|We're using DeVaux’s dream was realized in large part due to jockey Jose Ortiz, who defeated his own brother — who was on top of Renegade — for the win.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
Verb
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The guy next to me whipped out his phone and zoomed in on the back of the king’s head.—
Elise Taylor,
Vanity Fair,
30 Apr. 2026
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Emery had been incessant in wanting shorter, faster balls from his deeper players, with Villa’s best opportunity of the afternoon stemming from brave passing in combination in the first half, coaxing Fulham onto them before John McGinn whipped a ball into the space behind.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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The East’s top seed overcame a 3-1 series deficit and a 24-point road deficit during Game 6 in a memorable series comeback.—
Scott Phillips,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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Michael Massey scored on Maikel Garcia's sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, and the Kansas City Royals overcame a dominant 14-strikeout performance from Seattle starter Emerson Hancock to beat the Mariners 3-2 on Saturday night.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 May 2026
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Trump lashed out at Leo on social media last month, saying the pope was soft on crime and terrorism for comments about the administration’s immigration policies and deportations as well as the Iran war.—
Matthew Lee,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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Trump lashed out at Leo on social media last month, saying the pope was soft on crime and terrorism for comments about the administration’s immigration policies and deportations as well as the Iran war.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 May 2026
Verb
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Over the course of a 60-year career, director Ted Kotcheff mastered just about every genre there was to conquer.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
29 Apr. 2026
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Such are the perks of having mastered the form early, while amassing the cultural capital to remake pop in her image.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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That put an end to the zero-tariff trade environment for exporters on both sides of the Atlantic and slapped new duties onto Scotch whisky and other spirits sent to America from Britain.—
Joseph Wilkins,
CNBC,
1 May 2026
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But what's really cool is that these are not just standard off-the-rack clubs that the folks at McLaren slapped their logo onto.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
Verb
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Water has been a focus of the Newsom administration since his first day in office, when the governor took his cabinet to Monterey Park Tract, a rural Central Valley community that lacked access to safe drinking water.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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Last Saturday, during SDFC’s rivalry match against LAFC, one fan took the message up a notch.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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“Licked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/licked. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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