Synonyms of licks

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noun

plural of lick

1

as in blows

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument

gave the ball a solid lick with the bat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blows
• swipes
• punches
• slaps
• thumps
• hits
• strokes
• thuds
• pounds
• whacks
• knocks
• spanks
• pokes
• smacks
• bangs
• beats
• slams
• claps
• clips
• chops
• swats
• hooks
• socks
• lashes
• lickings
• hands
• pelts
• bops
• cuffs
• switches
• stripes
• kicks
• thwacks
• raps
• biffs
• whams
• welts
• fillips
• belts
• bats
• hacks
• buffets
• slugs
• haymakers
• picks
• dabs
• knees
• clouts
• bashes
• plumps
• smashes
• douses
• stingers
• whops
• cracks
• wallops
• boxes
• swings
• busts
• larrups
• beatings
• shivers
• counterpunches
• counters
• lefts
• counterstrokes
• whips
• counterblows
• body blows
• uppercuts
• rabbit punches
• roundhouses
• sucker punches
• rights
• whippings
• thrashings
• batterings
• crunchers
• sidewinders
• knockdowns
• right-handers
• KOs
• pastings
• drubbings
• kayos
• bastinadoes
• one-twos
• wallopings
• knockouts

2

as in splashes

a very small amount

the soup needs just a lick more of salt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• splashes
• touches
• sprinklings
• specks
• hints
• little
• glimmers
• bits
• traces
• dabs
• bites
• nips
• handfuls
• sparks
• particles
• shreds
• smacks
• pinches
• flecks
• crumbs
• streaks
• spatters
• shadows
• ounces
• drops
• shades
• smells
• rays
• peanuts
• slivers
• snaps
• driblets
• spots
• drams
• mites
• dashes
• strains
• soupçons
• scruples
• aces
• smidgens
• skoshes
• suspicions
• scintillas
• parts
• grains
• syllables
• tastes
• nibbles
• patches
• molecules
• drops in the bucket
• doses
• atoms
• dots
• jots
• minims
• scraps
• granules
• portions
• fragments
• morsels
• vestiges
• sections
• motes
• nubbins
• hoots
• minima
• splinters
• shivers
• chips
• flakes
• semblances
• smatterings
• whits
• flyspecks
• scatterings
• modicums
• shards
• iotas
• shavings
• tittles
• clippings
• smatters
• parings
• smithereens
• tatters
• shots

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loads
• pecks
• piles
• quantities
• masses
• mountains
• lots
• buckets
• bushels
• barrels
• heaps
• stacks
• fistfuls
• bundles
• gobs
• deals
• reams
• abundances
• messes
• wads
• rafts
• scads
• oodles
• lashings
• volumes
• boatloads
• wealths
• much
• potfuls
• profusions
• excesses
• surpluses
• overflows
• plenties
• passels
• slabs
• chunks
• bonanzas
• embarrassments
• superfluities
• overages
• lumps
• hunks
• overmuch
• surfeits
• overkills
• overabundances
• oversupplies
• superabundances

3

as in damns

the smallest amount or part imaginable

you haven't done a lick of work all day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damns
• hoots
• whits
• syllables
• little
• figs
• bits
• touches
• raps
• beans
• jots
• squats
• darns
• whoops
• hints
• nips
• diddlies
• ounces
• modicums
• continentals
• iotas
• diddly-squats
• specks
• shreds
• ghosts
• particles
• pins
• tittles
• shadows
• scraps
• glimmers
• streaks
• doodley-squats
• rays
• sprinklings
• traces
• crumbs
• peanuts
• dabs
• snaps
• shades
• spots
• driblets
• mites
• strains
• scruples
• semblances
• aces
• smidgens
• skoshes
• suspicions

licks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of lick

1

as in pounds

to strike repeatedly

your father will lick you good if he hears you using swear words

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pounds
• lashes
• whips
• hides
• slaps
• beats
• hits
• knocks
• thumps
• pelts
• spanks
• batters
• punches
• does
• chops
• smashes
• slams
• attacks
• mauls
• assaults
• bats
• pummels
• bashes
• thrashes
• hammers
• swipes
• wounds
• bastes
• whacks
• paddles
• bludgeons
• smacks
• clubs
• wallops
• punches out
• switches
• raids
• threshes
• flogs
• buffets
• lathers
• tans
• slates
• works over
• boxes
• laces
• curries
• belts
• drubs
• lambastes
• belabors
• slogs
• whales
• swats
• storms
• fibs
• tromps
• whups
• rushes
• roughs (up)
• thwacks
• socks
• whops
• beats up on
• birches
• cracks
• messes (up)
• pastes
• pommels
• whams
• bungs up
• descends (on or upon)
• clouts
• straps
• cuffs
• jumps (on)
• lams
• clobbers
• lacerates
• assails
• lays on
• busts
• flagellates
• canes
• cudgels
• whomps
• leathers
• besets
• pounces (on or upon)
• maims
• mutilates
• scourges
• gores
• mangles
• horsewhips
• pistol-whips
• rawhides
• blackjacks
• fustigates
• cowhides

2

as in masters

to achieve a victory over

he's determined to do everything he can to lick the cancer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• masters
• beats
• overcomes
• takes
• defeats
• gets
• stops
• conquers
• dispatches
• subdues
• surmounts
• trims
• overmatches
• overbears
• wins (against)
• bests
• gets around
• gets the better of
• prevails (over)
• skunks
• succeeds
• upends
• triumphs (over)
• finishes
• buries
• sweeps
• does down
• worsts
• whips
• overwhelms
• crushes
• slaughters
• scores
• thrashes
• bombs
• flourishes
• surpasses
• breaks
• knocks for a loop
• wallops
• smokes
• tops
• blows out
• creams
• annihilates
• flattens
• caps
• clobbers
• excels
• exceeds
• pips
• routs
• upsets
• blows away
• skins
• edges (out)
• drubs
• shellacs
• trounces
• waxes
• noses out
• overthrows
• vanquishes
• subjugates
• overpowers
• transcends
• knocks over
• outdoes
• knocks off
• unseats
• eclipses
• overtops
• snows under
• outshines
• outstrips
• outdistances
• betters
• outfights
• aces (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loses (to)
• falls
• goes down
• fails
• goes under
• gives up
• collapses
• folds
• flops
• washes out
• flunks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of licks

Noun

Opening with the title track, feedback-heavy licks set the temperature as Dillom catches us up on the escapades of recent years. — Richard Villegas, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026

Their eponymous debut features some tasty licks and haunting solos and should be an immediate listen for any fans of the genre. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Turay’s glassy guitar licks have a Metheny-ish tint to them, while Bemis opts to ride quick, slinky rhythms rather than abusing his crash cymbal. — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 23 July 2026

Zachary Stevenson’s performance replicates the nerdy-yet-hip Texan through impressive guitar licks and superb vocals that are equally comfortable with sweet ballads and on-the-edge rockabilly songs. — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026

Elk, deer, and buffalo had migrated to and from mineral licks throughout North America for millennia. — 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

Albert Collins Known as The Master Of The Telecaster, Albert Collins was both blues legend and wild-eyed showman, picking out licks on his 1966 Custom Tele, usually in an open tuning, with a capo on the neck. — New Atlas, 30 May 2026

A lot of freedom going on between the guitars, a lotta little licks intermingle with the big guitar licks that the song is all about. — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 22 May 2026

Verb

Later, a woman protractedly licks blue ice cream from a cone, her attempts thwarted by ferocious gusts of wind and sand. — Matilda Hague, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026

Food stands also debuted that year, with ribs sizzling along with the blues licks. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 9 June 2026

At one point in a dinner scene, Shields' Erika licks Joey's fingers. — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026

A lot of freedom going on between the guitars, a lotta little licks intermingle with the big guitar licks that the song is all about. — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 22 May 2026

At one point A’zion licks the digitally de-aged Mick Jagger’s face. — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026

While Deborah licks her wounds from bombing very, very hard, the Frank interview plays. — Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 1 May 2026

After the drill, Ruin rolls onto his back, then licks a reporter's nose. — Megan Sauer tasia Jensen, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2026

Weir picked up his first guitar licks from David Nelson and future Jefferson Airplane member Jorma Kaukonen. — Richard Gehr, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2026