licking

Speech parts

1. licking - Noun

2. licking - Verb

of Lick

A lapping with the tongue.

A flogging or castigation.

Source: Webster's dictionary

defeat beating thrashing lacing whacking drubbing trouncing attack loss liza flagellation failure destruction beat collapse

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win triumph blowout subdual

flagellation skunk whitewash lurch slaughter rout

Life is like licking Honey from a Thorn. Holly Black

Penetrating so many secrets, we cease to believe in the unknowable. But there it sits nevertheless, calmly licking its chops. H. L. Mencken

There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face. Bernard Williams

You became full by eating, it won't happen by licking. Persian Proverb

Hypocrites kick with their hind feet while licking with their tongues. Russian Proverb

The stomach never gets full with licking. Estonian Proverb