licking

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪkɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪkɪŋ

Noun

licking (countable and uncountable, plural lickings)

1. The act by which something is licked.
2. (informal) A severe beating.
3. (informal) A great loss or defeat.

   Our football team took a licking last night.

Derived terms

• arse-licking
• ass-licking
• take a licking

 

Translations

an act of licking

• Esperanto: lekado
• Finnish: nuoleminen (fi)
• French: léchage (fr) m
• German: Licken n
• Hungarian: nyalogatás
• Italian: leccata (it) f, leccate (it) f pl
• Macedonian: лижење n (liženje)
• Polish: lizanie (pl) n
• Quechua: llaqway
• Russian: лиза́ние (ru) n (lizánije), обли́зывание (ru) n (oblízyvanije)
• Spanish: lengüetazo m

a severe beating

• Finnish: löylytys (fi), selkäsauna (fi)
• Hungarian: verés (hu)
• Russian: по́рка (ru) f (pórka), взбу́чка (ru) f (vzbúčka), трёпка (ru) f (trjópka)

a great loss or defeat

• Finnish: murskatappio (fi)
• Hungarian: vereség (hu), kikapás
• Polish: lanie (pl) m, manto (pl), cięgi
• Russian: пораже́ние (ru) n (poražénije), разгро́м (ru) m (razgróm)

Verb

licking

1. present participle and gerund of lick

See also

• Licking County
• Licking Creek