licking 音標拼音: [l'ɪkɪŋ]
n . 舔,一舔,鞭打
ad . 猛烈地
舔,一舔,鞭打猛烈地
licking n 1 :
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest ; "
it was a narrow defeat "; "
the army '
s only defeat "; "
they suffered a convincing licking " [
synonym : {
defeat }, {
licking }] [
ant :
{
triumph }, {
victory }]
2 :
the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows [
synonym : {
beating }, {
thrashing }, {
licking }, {
drubbing },
{
lacing }, {
trouncing }, {
whacking }]
Lick \
Lick \ (
l [
i ^]
k ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Licked } (
l [
i ^]
kt );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Licking }.] [
AS .
liccian ;
akin to OS .
likk [=
o ]
n ,
D .
likken ,
OHG .
lecch [=
o ]
n ,
G .
lecken ,
Goth .
bi -
laig [=
o ]
n ,
Russ .
lizate ,
L .
lingere ,
Gr .
lei `
chein ,
Skr .
lih ,
rih .
[
root ]
121 .
Cf . {
Lecher }, {
Relish }.]
1 .
To draw or pass the tongue over ;
as ,
a dog licks his master '
s hand . --
Addison .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To lap ;
to take in with the tongue ;
as ,
a dog or cat licks milk . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
To lick the dust },
to be slain ;
to fall in battle . "
His enemies shall lick the dust ." --
Ps .
lxxii .
9 .
{
To lick into shape },
to give proper form to ; --
from a notion that the bear '
s cubs are born shapeless and subsequently formed by licking . --
Hudibras .
{
To lick the spittle of },
to fawn upon . --
South .
{
To lick up },
to take all of by licking ;
to devour ;
to consume entirely . --
Shak . --
Num .
xxii .
4 .
[
1913 Webster ]
Licking \
Lick "
ing \,
n .
1 .
A lapping with the tongue .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A flogging or castigation . [
Colloq .
or Low ]
[
1913 Webster ]
88 Moby Thesaurus words for "
licking ":
Waterloo ,
appetite ,
beating ,
cannibalism ,
carnivorism ,
carnivority ,
carnivorousness ,
chewing ,
collapse ,
conquering ,
conquest ,
consumption ,
crash ,
cropping ,
deathblow ,
debacle ,
defeasance ,
defeat ,
deglutition ,
destruction ,
devouring ,
devourment ,
dieting ,
dining ,
downfall ,
dressing -
down ,
drubbing ,
eating ,
epulation ,
failure ,
fall ,
feasting ,
feeding ,
gluttony ,
gobbling ,
grazing ,
herbivorism ,
herbivority ,
herbivorousness ,
hiding ,
hunger ,
ingestion ,
lambasting ,
larruping ,
lathering ,
leathering ,
manducation ,
mastery ,
mastication ,
messing ,
munching ,
nibbling ,
nutrition ,
omnivorism ,
omnivorousness ,
omophagy ,
overcoming ,
overthrow ,
overturn ,
paddling ,
pantophagy ,
pasture ,
pasturing ,
pecking ,
quietus ,
regalement ,
relishing ,
rout ,
ruin ,
rumination ,
savoring ,
shellacking ,
smash ,
subdual ,
subduing ,
subjugation ,
tanning ,
tasting ,
thrashing ,
trimming ,
trouncing ,
undoing ,
vanquishment ,
vegetarianism ,
walloping ,
whaling ,
whipping ,
wolfing
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