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• When you lick my neck like that, I get really excited, baby!From the entry excited
• If you could carry that bucket of water over here, that'd be a good lick.From the entry good lick
• The children came running down the road at a good lick.From the entry good lick
• The attorney licked his lips with vulturous delight as he listened to the man's description of neck pain after the accident.From the entry vulturous
• Nick bluffed him out of that pot with big lick.From the entry big lick
• We've given our website a lick of paint.From the entry lick of paint
• My grandparents called me only an hour before they decided to come visit, so I had to give the dirty living room a lick and a promise.From the entry lick and a promise
• Why did you have to lick every elevator button in the ICU?” “It wasn't my idea.2025 March 2, Tom Kauffman, “Training Wheels Day” (5:49 from the start), in Grimsburg, season 2, episode 3, spoken by Mr. Flesh (Alan Tudyk). From the entry blondster
• I’ma gonna lick the syrup off of that face and tickle those ribbies.2024, Robert L. Slater, chapter 5, in No Man’s Land (Deserted Lands; 3), Bellingham, Wash.: Rocket Tears Press, →ISBN. From the entry ribbie
• While the texture of his playing was often flinty, his licks and leads were flush with feeling.2023 August 9, “Robbie Robertson, 80, Dies; Canadian Songwriter Captured American Spirit”, in The New York Times, archived from the…. From the entry flinty
• I can't remember a time in my life before I licked the beaters clean.2021 December 29, Rachel Gutman-Wei, “A Very Radical, Very Delicious Take on Risk Management”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic…. From the entry licked
• That doesn't mean that we have got it totally licked, it doesn't mean that Covid is over.2021 April 26, Andrew Sparrow, quoting Boris Johnson, “UK Covid: Boris Johnson 'corrupting standards of public life', says Labour's Rachel…. From the entry licked
• Coco sucked and licked G-money's fingers as she took the back shots like a soldier.2019 December 23, Damont L. Diggs, Wait, Lulu.com, →ISBN, →OCLC. From the entry pipe down
• I let Oreo lick my sticky peanut buttery fingers, and like magic, they’re all clean!2017, Ganit Levy, Adir Levy, What Should Danny Do?, Los Angeles, Calif.: Elon Books, →ISBN, page 62. From the entry peanut buttery
• I know, I know, we’re over the whole “Ariana Grande licked a doughnut she hadn’t bought” fiasco.2015 August 9, Carly Maga, “The Top Ticket: Three shows to take in”, in Toronto Star, Toronto, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page E3, column 4. From the entry Doughnutgate
• Rising out of poverty will require not a lick and a promise but deep reform.2014 May 22, “EDITORIAL: India's Modi wins voter mandate for economic growth”, in Washington Times. From the entry lick and a promise
• We've got to lick the big boss's boots so that we'll be in his good book.2014, Yingtien A. Shih, Bleating in Southern California: Confucius, Lao-Tzu, M. Twain, O. Wilde, Etc., Andy Shih, page 226. From the entry good book
• Stop spouting and give us some groovy licks on that gob stick of yours.2013, R. K. Cowles, “1930s Poems: Licking the Chops”, in Slang Poetry Volume 1, →ISBN, page 57. From the entry gob stick
• "Yes, I did," Evia replied, and then licked the top of the whelpling's head.2011, Ani Johnson, Half-Breed. From the entry whelpling
• It’s a taste of Brazilian summer, down to the last licked finger.2011 January 11, Dave Cook, “Point Brazil”, in The New York Times. From the entry vatapá
• Let me give ya some head." She licked her lips, suggestfully.2011, Bob Freeman, A.K.A...Jimmy Smith: A Novel of Crime and Romance, Denver, C.O.: Outskirts Press, Inc., page 37. From the entry suggestfully
• And beside him his fat wife who used to lick the platter clean.2000, Lewis Burke Frumkes, Metapunctuation: When a Comma Isn't Enough, page 128. From the entry begrieve
• The guitar player is playing kind of melodic licks, and the horns are stabby, accent parts.1999 August 20, “Mandorico turns from ska to Latin rock”, in Sarasota Herald-Tribune. From the entry stabby
• With a barely audible "nyao," she then began to lick and clean herself off.1994 December 13, Mark Maestas, “Dream Tournament 3: Round 1 Results, Part 2”, in rec.games.video.arcade (Usenet). From the entry nyao
• Then she licked off the first kitten and was ready for the next.1980, Morty Sklar, Jim Mulac, Editor's Choice: Literature & Graphics from the U.S. Small Press, 1965-1977 : Poetry, Fiction, Essays…. From the entry umbilicus
• Even his mussed cravat and cow licked hair had a "just folks" quality.1961, Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land, New York: Avon, →OCLC, page 43. From the entry just folks
• Each man does one to several licks or strokes of work and moves forward a specified distance.1956, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (contributor), Glossary of Terms Used in Forest Fire Control, page 19. From the entry stroke of work
• Turn on the radio, and its alleluia licks you with tremolo tongue.1953 December, Hortense Calisher, “A Christmas Carillon: A Story”, in John Fischer, editor, Harper’s Magazine, volume 207, number 1243…. From the entry alleluia
• If you say so I’ll join you and we’ll lick him.1911, Hugh Pendexter, The Young Timber-cruisers; or, Fighting the Spruce Pirates, =chapter 2. From the entry hoe one's row

Meaning of lick

1. verb To stroke with the tongue.
2. verb To lap; to take in with the tongue.
3. verb To beat with repeated blows.

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Questions about lick in a sentence

How do you use lick in a sentence?

Lick is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The cat licked its fur.”

What is a short sentence with lick?

“a lick of paint”

What does lick mean?

Lick means to stroke with the tongue.