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licking up

licking up is the present participle and gerund 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 licking up

What is licking up the present participle and gerund of?
Licking up is the present participle and gerund of lick up.

Words near licking up in the dictionary

  1. licking someone's balls
  2. licking someone's boots
  3. licking the birse
  4. licking the dust
  5. licking the pants off
  6. licking up
  7. lickings
  8. lickity
  9. lickjob
  10. lickjobs
  11. lickle

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