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licked up

licked up is the simple past and past participle of lick up.

Meaning of lick up

Verb

lick up (third-person singular simple present licks up, present participle licking up, simple past and past participle licked up)

  1. (transitive) To consume something by first licking it from a surface.
    • There was likewise a homeless dog, with his tail between his legs, licking up the crumbs and gnawing the fragments of the feast1854, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Christmas Banquet

Questions about licked up

What is licked up the simple past and past participle of?
Licked up is the simple past and past participle of lick up.

Words near licked up in the dictionary

  1. licked someone's balls
  2. licked someone's boots
  3. licked the birse
  4. licked the dust
  5. licked the pants off
  6. licked up
  7. lickedy
  8. lickedy-split
  9. licker
  10. licker-in
  11. lickerish

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