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All 4 letters words made out of lick

lick ilck lcik clik iclk cilk likc ilkc lkic klic iklc kilc lcki clki lkci klci ckli kcli ickl cikl ikcl kicl ckil kcil

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word lick. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in lick.

Definitions and meaning of lick

lick

Etymology 1

From Middle English likken, from Old English liccian, from Proto-West Germanic *likkōn, from Proto-Germanic *likkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”).

See also Saterland Frisian likje, Dutch likken, German lecken; also Old Irish ligid, Latin lingō (“lick”), ligguriō (“to lap, lick up”), Lithuanian laižyti, Old Church Slavonic лизати (lizati), Ancient Greek λείχω (leíkhō), Old Armenian լիզեմ (lizem), Persian لیسیدن (lisidan), Sanskrit लेढि (léḍhi), रेढि (réḍhi).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /lɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɪk

Verb

lick (third-person singular simple present licks, present participle licking, simple past and past participle licked)

1. (transitive) To stroke with the tongue.

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

3. (colloquial) To beat with repeated blows.
4. (colloquial) To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight.

5. (colloquial) To overcome.
6. (vulgar, slang) To perform cunnilingus.
7. (colloquial) To do anything partially.
8. (of flame, waves etc.) To lap.

Synonyms

• (beat): See Thesaurus:clobber

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Noun

lick (plural licks)

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

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

3. A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue.
4. A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.

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

6. (colloquial) A stroke or blow.
7. (colloquial) A small amount; a whit.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:modicum

   • 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):

     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.

10. (informal) A rate of speed. (Always qualified by good, fair, or a similar adjective.)
11. (slang) An act of cunnilingus.

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Etymology 2

From hit a lick, which see. Ultimately from liquor.

Noun

lick (plural licks)

1. An instance or opportunity of earning money fast, usually by illegal means, thus a heist, drug deal etc. or its victim; mostly used in phrasal verbs: hit a lick, hit licks

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪk/

Etymology 1

From Middle English liken, from Old English līcian, from Proto-West Germanic *līkēn.

Alternative forms

• licke, lik

Verb

lick

1. like

Derived terms

• alike
• lickweese

Etymology 2

From Middle English likken, from Old English liccian, from Proto-West Germanic *likkōn.

Verb

lick

1. lick

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 54 & 108