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licks up

licks up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is licks up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Licks up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lick up.

Words near licks up in the dictionary

  1. licks someone's balls
  2. licks someone's boots
  3. licks the birse
  4. licks the dust
  5. licks the pants off
  6. licks up
  7. licksome
  8. lickspit
  9. lickspits
  10. lickspittle
  11. lickspittled

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