Definition of "lick" in Anglais

verb

1. (transitive) To stroke with the tongue.

   • The cat licked its fur.

2. (transitive) To lap; to take in with the tongue.

   • She licked the last of the honey off the spoon before washing it.
   • Jim closed his eyes and licked his vanilla ice cream cone.

3. (colloquial, dated) To beat with repeated blows.

4. (colloquial, dated) To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight.

   • My dad can lick your dad.

5. (colloquial, dated) To overcome.

   • I think I can lick this.

6. (vulgar, slang) To perform cunnilingus.

7. (colloquial) To do anything partially.

8. (of flame, waves etc.) To lap.

noun

1. The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue.

   • The cat gave its fur a lick.

2. The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.

   • Give me a lick of ice cream.

3. A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue.

   • a lick of paint
   • to put on colours with a lick of the brush

4. A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.

   • The birds gathered at the clay lick.

5. A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream.

   • We used to play in the lick.

6. (colloquial) A stroke or blow.

   • Hit that wedge a good lick with the sledgehammer.

7. (colloquial, chiefly in the negative) A small amount; a whit.

   • You don't have a lick of sense.
   • I didn't do a lick of work today.
   • Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Why don't I call Jean-Michel at Il Portofino? We'll get a table outside? Ooh, I'm not getting a lick of service. Babe, can I hop on your landline?

8. (informal) An attempt at something.

9. (music) A short motif.

   • There are some really good blues licks in this solo.

10. (informal) A rate of speed. (Always qualified by good, fair, or a similar adjective.)

    • The bus was travelling at a good lick when it swerved and left the road.

11. (slang) An act of cunnilingus.

    • You up for a lick tonight?