a lick
91lick — 1. verb /lɪk/ a) To stroke with the tongue. The cat licked its fur. b) To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight. My dad can lick your dad. 2. noun /lɪk …
92lick — /lɪk / (say lik) verb (t) 1. (sometimes followed by off, from, etc.) to pass the tongue over the surface of. 2. to affect by strokes of the tongue: to lick the plate clean. 3. to pass or play lightly over, as flames do. 4. Colloquial to overcome… …
93lick — v. & n. v.tr. & intr. 1 tr. pass the tongue over, esp. to taste, moisten, or (of animals) clean. 2 tr. bring into a specified condition or position by licking (licked it all up; licked it clean). 3 a tr. (of a flame, waves, etc.) touch; play… …
94Lick (crater) — lunar crater data latitude=12.4 N or S=N longitude=52.7 E or W=E diameter=31 km depth= Unknown colong=308 eponym=James LickLick is a lunar crater that has been flooded with basaltic lava. The north rim is attached to the smaller, bowl shaped… …
95lick — [[t]lɪk[/t]] v. t. 1) phl to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often fol. by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice cream cone[/ex] 2) to make, or cause to become, by stroking with the… …
96lick and a promise — {n. phr.}, {informal} A careless, hasty job; an unsatisfactory piece of work. * /You didn t wash your hands. You just gave them a lick and a promise./ * /The boys didn t cut the grass properly. All it got was a lick and a promise./ …
97lick and a promise — {n. phr.}, {informal} A careless, hasty job; an unsatisfactory piece of work. * /You didn t wash your hands. You just gave them a lick and a promise./ * /The boys didn t cut the grass properly. All it got was a lick and a promise./ …
98Lick (music) — In popular music genres such as rock music, a lick is a stock pattern or phrase harv|Middleton|1990|p=137 consisting of a short phrase, or series of notes that is used in solos and melodic lines. The term is most often used by rock musicians who… …
99Lick (Asteroid) — Asteroid (1951) Lick Eigenschaften des Orbits (Simulation) Orbittyp Hauptgürtelasteroid Große Halbachse 1,3905 …
100lick — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English liccian; akin to Old High German leckōn to lick, Latin lingere, Greek leichein Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. (1) to draw the tongue over < lick a stamp > …
