The Meaning of lick

• (v. t.) To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand.
• (v. t.) To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk.
• (v.) A stroke of the tongue in licking.
• (v.) A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a tongue; as, to put on colors with a lick of the brush. Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied.
• (v.) A place where salt is found on the surface of the earth, to which wild animals resort to lick it up; -- often, but not always, near salt springs.
• (v. t.) To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter.
• (n.) A slap; a quick stroke.

Synonyms

salt lick , lap , punch , clout , poke , biff , slug , cream , bat , clobber , drub , thrash , lap , solve , work out , figure out , puzzle out , work , lap , lap up

Rhymes

afflik , arithmetic , bailiwick , bic , bick , blick , bolshevik , bric , brick , broomstick , bryk , candlestick , chick , chopstick , click , crick , cwik , dic , dick , dipstick , dyk , dzik , fenwick , fick , ficke , firebrick , flick , frick , fricke , gick , glick , handpick , hick , homesick , impolitic , joystick , kick , knick , krick , kubrick , kwik , lipstick , lunatic , mc , mic , mick , micke , nic , nick , nightstick , nik , nonstick , ostpolitik , pic , pick , pickwick , picnic , pik , politic , prick , quick , quik , realpolitik , ric , rick , ricke , rilke , schick , schlick , schrick , schtick , seasick , shick , shtick , sic , sick , sidekick , slapstick , slick , smick , snick , spic , spick , stick , strick , swick , thick , tic , tick , toothpick , trick , vandyck , vanwyck , vanwyk , vic , vick , vik , wick , wik , wrick , wyk , yardstick , zick , zwick