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Words related to lick

Related / Similar Words: punch, clout, poke, biff, lap, salt lick, solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, work, lap up, bat, clobber, drub, thrash

Definition:

(boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose";

touching with the tongue; "the dog''s laps were warm and wet";

a salt deposit that animals regularly lick;

find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn''t going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He;

take up with the tongue; "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother''s breast";

beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!";

pass the tongue over; "the dog licked her hand";

Hyponyms: counterpunch, parry, counter, haymaker, knockout punch, KO punch, Sunday punch, hook, jab, rabbit punch, sucker punch, answer, resolve, riddle, strike, guess, infer, break, tongue

Grouped Verbs: thrash, thresh, lam, flail

Entailments: reason

Derivational Morphology: pummel, pommel, biff, thump, pound, poke, clout, punch, plug, lap, lap up, solution, problem solver, solver, convergent thinker, answer, result, resolution, solvent, solving, thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping

Language Translations:
Bosnian: lizati		Catalan: llepar
Croatian: lizati		Dutch: likken
French: lécher		German: lecken
Greek: γλείφω		Icelandic: sleikja
Indonesian: jilat		Italian: leccare
Polish: lizać		Russian: лизать
Spanish: lamer		Swedish: slicka
Turkish: yala

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