OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 49762

lick

/lɪk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
lambedura • lambetazo • lambida • lamedura
The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue.
The cat gave its fur a lick.
bofetón • golpazo
A stroke or blow.
Hit that wedge a good lick with the sledgehammer.
I went in big licks, and, although it was a good-sized pile, I chopped it all up before he got back at night.
chin
A small amount; a whit.
I didn't do a lick of work today.
You don't have a lick of sense.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 49761

lick

/lɪk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
lambear • lamber • lambetear • lamer • lametear • relamer
To stroke with the tongue.
The cat licked its fur.
chupar • lamber • lambiscar • lamer • langüetear • lengüetear
To lap; to take in with the tongue.
Jim closed his eyes and licked his vanilla ice cream cone.
She licked the last of the honey off the spoon before washing it.
derrotar
To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight.
My dad can lick your dad.
vencer
To overcome.
I think I can lick this.
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