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licky

licky adjective: prone to licking.

Adjective

licky (comparative lickier, superlative lickiest)

  1. Prone to licking.
    • ...but she gives you the feeling all the time that she's bony that's it bony and if she does fancy it she sure as hell don't show it get a lickier kiss from Granny Coombs than I do offen her all that Methodis' stuff I guess1981, Don Bannister, Long day at Shiloh
    • He was a proper dog; a great, woolly, lolloping beast with huge paddy paws, a waggy tail and a very licky tongue.2003, Michael Wordsmiff, James Baggit and the Storyteller's Ring, page 13

Forms of licky

comparativelickier
superlativelickiest

Origin of licky

From lick + -y.

Words that rhyme with licky

18 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about licky

What does licky mean?
Licky means prone to licking.
What part of speech is licky?
Licky is an adjective.

Words near licky in the dictionary

  1. lickspout
  2. lickspouts
  3. lickt
  4. Lickteig
  5. Lickteigs
  6. licky
  7. licky-licky
  8. licochalcone
  9. licochalcones
  10. licofelone
  11. Licola

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