Licked

Word LICKED
Character 6
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /lɪkt/

Definitions and meanings of "Licked"

What do we mean by licked?

To stroke with the tongue.

To lap; to take in with the tongue.

To beat with repeated blows.

To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight.

To overcome.

To perform cunnilingus.

To do anything partially.

(of flame, waves etc.) To lap.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Licked

The word "licked" in example sentences

I said I was licked into shape -- and I mean _licked_. ❋ Horace Annesley Vachell (1908)

I was licked from the first drop outa the box -- anybody could see that; but he couldn't put me down for the count. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Austin licked at me as I carried him for 2 miles back to our truck. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If all the railroad boys had come out, wouldn't the shop men have won instead of bein 'licked to a frazzle? ❋ Unknown (2010)

When someone mentions SECRET concerning another’s interests, ears attune toward the sound of the one speaking, and syllables are licked from the air as if they were ice cream. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Just as the warrior loosed his arrow, Karles reached him; Shandi's sword licked out and, impossibly, deflected the arrow from its deadly flight. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The sword licked out, and there was a cry, and something with tattered wings and a terrible face separated from the seething mob, as the spirit of a small child, faded and frightened, dropped out of it. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (2005)

The Cimmerian's sword licked out, clipping a second arrow aside in mid-flight. ❋ Hocking, John (1995)

The Aenir scrabbled for their blades as Durk's sword licked into them. ❋ Gemmell, David (1995)

His broadsword licked out and the man's head lolled on his shoulders. ❋ Green, Roland (1995)

His sword licked out free and trembled like a tuning-fork. ❋ Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 (1920)

Because the canvas employed flat colors and a generous painterly touch in the age of the 'licked' surface? ❋ Cachin, Francoise (1985)

I heard him say the Conquerors had "licked" these clubs over and over again, and that they weren't in the same street. ❋ David Drummond Bone (N/A)

"I was readin 'about it last night -- that time back about 1600 when the Dutch fought a Spanish armada for a week an' licked 'em!" ❋ Elliott Whitney (N/A)

Island, of a stern, exacting, loving mother who "licked" daughters and sons alike with a "trace-end" for any infractions of domestic rule. ❋ Kathleen Thompson Norris (1923)

It was a sparkling morning like to-day's, and they had spoken of the old school days before Mr. Shandon sent his two sons to the East to school, of the time when she was eight and he was fifteen and he had "licked" a boy whom she did not like but who was stubborn in vowing that the little girl should eat a red cheeked apple he had brought her. ❋ Jackson Gregory (1912)

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