Definitions
1.VerbTo stroke with the tongue."The cat licked its fur."
2.VerbTo lap; to take in with the tongue."She licked the last of the honey off the spoon before washing it.; Jim closed his eyes and licked his vanilla ice cream cone."
3.VerbTo beat with repeated blows.
4.VerbTo defeat decisively, particularly in a fight."My dad can lick your dad."
5.VerbTo overcome."I think I can lick this."
6.VerbTo perform cunnilingus.
7.VerbTo do anything partially.
8.VerbTo lap.
9.NounThe act of licking; a stroke of the tongue."The cat gave its fur a lick."
10.NounThe amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick."Give me a lick of ice cream."
11.NounA quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue."a lick of paint; to put on colours with a lick of the brush"
12.NounA place where animals lick minerals from the ground."The birds gathered at the clay lick."
13.NounA small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream."We used to play in the lick."
14.NounA stroke or blow."Hit that wedge a good lick with the sledgehammer."
15.NounA small amount; a whit."You don't have a lick of sense.; I didn't do a lick of work today."
16.NounAn attempt at something.
17.NounA short motif."There are some really good blues licks in this solo."
18.NounA rate of speed."The bus was travelling at a good lick when it swerved and left the road."
19.NounAn act of cunnilingus."You up for a lick tonight?"
20.NounAn instance or opportunity to earn money fast, usually by illegal means, thus a heist, drug deal etc. or its victim; mostly used in phrasal verbs: hit a lick, hit licks