Lick

//lɪk//

Synonyms for "lick" (365 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (73)

bat lap punch addle amaze approach assay attempt baffle bamboozle bang bash bear the palm beat beat all hollow beat daylights out of beat hollow beat pants off beat shit out of beating

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Verb(3 words)

clobber bat cream

Noun(12 words)

ace atom aught biff bissel bit clout crumb dab damn dash diddly

Strong matches (110)

Related words (182)

outmaneuver outpoint outrun outsail outshine overcome overrun overwhelm pace paddle pelt perplex plunk poke pound progress put puzzle rap rat race

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Noun(52 words)

particle pennyworth piece pinch poke punch relish river salt lick scantling scent scintilla scooch scrap scruple semblance shred skerrick skoosh skosh

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Verb(5 words)

puzzle out solve thrash work work out

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More general

15 entries

beat beat out blow crush deposit drink imbibe sediment shell stroke touch touching trounce understand vanquish

Synonyms

5 entries

bat lap punch salt lick solve

derived

69 entries

Elk Lick French Lick The Lick a lick and a promise a lick of ass-licker belick big lick bootlick calflick cat-lick cow lick cowlick deerlick devious lick

Showing 16 of 69 words.

has context

4 entries

always qualified by good fair or similar adjective music slang vulgar

is a

1 entries

touch

manner of

1 entries

stroke

related to

19 entries

amount animals blow cunnilingus defeat ephemeral lap licking minerals motif overcome place rill speed stream stroke

Showing 16 of 19 words.

similar

4 entries

flail lam thrash thresh

Translations

267 translations across 126 languages.

Ainu

1 entries

ケㇺ verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Albanian

1 entries

lëpij verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

λείχω verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Arabic

4 entries

لحس verb (to stroke with the tongue)
لحس verb (to stroke with the tongue)
لَحَسَ verb (to stroke with the tongue)
لَعِقَ verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Armenian

2 entries

լիզել verb (to stroke with the tongue)
լպստել verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Assamese

2 entries

চেলেকা noun (act of licking)
চেলেক verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Asturian

2 entries

llambedura noun (act of licking)
llamber verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

yalamaq verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Bashkir

1 entries

ялау verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Belarusian

3 entries

ліза́ць verb (to stroke with the tongue)
лізну́ць verb (to stroke with the tongue)
паліза́ць verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Bengali

2 entries

চাটা noun (act of licking)
চাটা verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Bikol Central

2 entries

dilot noun (act of licking)
dilot verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Bouyei

1 entries

riez verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Breton

2 entries

leat verb (to stroke with the tongue)
lipat verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Bulgarian

4 entries

силен удар noun (colloquial: a stroke or blow)
солище noun (place where animals lick minerals from the ground)
ли́жа verb (to stroke with the tongue)
лижа verb (vulgar slang: to perform cunnilingus)

Burmese

1 entries

လျက် verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Buryat

1 entries

долёохо verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Catalan

2 entries

llepada noun (act of licking)
llepar verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Cebuano

3 entries

dila verb (to stroke with the tongue)
tila verb (to stroke with the tongue)
tilap verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

لستن verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎠᎦᎾᏗᎠ verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

打敗 /打败 verb (colloquial: to defeat decisively)
舐 verb (to stroke with the tongue)
舔 verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Church Slavic

1 entries

лизати verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Czech

4 entries

jako když plivne noun (colloquial: a bit)
liz noun (amount obtainable with a single lick)
liz noun (place where animals lick minerals from the ground)
lízání noun (act of licking)

Danish

2 entries

slikke verb (to stroke with the tongue)
slikke (fisse) verb (vulgar slang: to perform cunnilingus)

Dutch

2 entries

lik noun (act of licking)
likken verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Erzya

1 entries

нолсемс verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Esperanto

1 entries

leki verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Estonian

2 entries

lakkuma verb (to stroke with the tongue)
limpsima verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Even

1 entries

дал verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Faroese

1 entries

sleikja verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Finnish

4 entries

nuolaisu noun (act of licking)
klaarata verb (colloquial: to overcome)
nuolla verb (to stroke with the tongue)
nuolla verb (vulgar slang: to perform cunnilingus)

French

4 entries

léchage noun (act of licking)
défaire verb (colloquial: to defeat decisively)
lécher verb (to stroke with the tongue)
vaincre verb (colloquial: to defeat decisively)

Friulian

2 entries

lecâ verb (to stroke with the tongue)
lenzi verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Fwâi

1 entries

hnami verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Galician

4 entries

lambedela noun (act of licking)
lamber verb (to stroke with the tongue)
lamber verb (to lap, to take in with the tongue)
lapar verb (to lap, to take in with the tongue)

Georgian

2 entries

ლოკვა noun (act of licking)
ლოკვა verb (to stroke with the tongue)

German

4 entries

Lecken noun (act of licking)
besiegen verb (colloquial: to defeat decisively)
lecken verb (to stroke with the tongue)
lecken verb (vulgar slang: to perform cunnilingus)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌲𐍉𐌽 verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Greek

1 entries

γλείφω verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Hawaiian

1 entries

palu verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Hebrew

1 entries

לִקֵּק verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Hindi

1 entries

चाटना verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Hungarian

4 entries

nyalintás noun (act of licking)
nyalogatás noun (act of licking)
nyal verb (to stroke with the tongue)
nyal verb (vulgar slang: to perform cunnilingus)

Hunsrik

1 entries

lecke verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Icelandic

1 entries

sleikja verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Indonesian

1 entries

jilat verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Ingrian

2 entries

kaalia verb (to stroke with the tongue)
noolla verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Irish

1 entries

ligh verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Italian

3 entries

leccata noun (act of licking)
lambire verb (to lap, to take in with the tongue)
leccare verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Japanese

3 entries

舐ぶる verb (to stroke with the tongue)
舐める verb (to stroke with the tongue)
負かす verb (colloquial: to defeat decisively)

Jawe

1 entries

hnami verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Kalmyk

1 entries

долах verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Kazakh

1 entries

жалау verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Khmer

2 entries

លិឍ verb (to stroke with the tongue)
លិទ្ធ verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Kildin Sami

1 entries

нюаллэ noun (act of licking)

Korean

2 entries

핥음 noun (act of licking)
핥다 verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

жалоо verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Lao

1 entries

ເລຍ verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Latgalian

1 entries

lyzguot verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Latin

2 entries

lambō verb (to stroke with the tongue)
lingō verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Latvian

1 entries

laizīt verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Lithuanian

1 entries

laižyti verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Lombard

1 entries

leccà verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

lizaś verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Macedonian

4 entries

лижење noun (act of licking)
лиз noun (amount obtainable with a single lick)
лиже verb (to stroke with the tongue)
лиже verb (vulgar slang: to perform cunnilingus)

Malay

1 entries

jilat verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡳᠯᡝᠮᠪᡳ verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Marathi

1 entries

चाटणे verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Middle English

2 entries

licken verb (to stroke with the tongue)
likken verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Mongolian

1 entries

долоох verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Nanai

1 entries

илэ verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Neapolitan

1 entries

liccà verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Nemi

1 entries

hnami verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Norman

1 entries

litchi verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

alîstin noun (act of licking)

Northern Sami

1 entries

njoallut noun (act of licking)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

slikk noun (act of licking)
sleike verb (to stroke with the tongue)
slikke verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

slikk noun (act of licking)
sleike verb (to stroke with the tongue)
sleikje verb (to stroke with the tongue)
slikke verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Occitan

1 entries

lecar verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

лизати verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Old English

3 entries

lǣċ noun (small watercourse or ephemeral stream)
lǣċe noun (small watercourse or ephemeral stream)
liccian verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Old Irish

1 entries

ligid verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

یالامق verb (to stroke with the tongue)
یالامق verb (to lap, to take in with the tongue)

Pashto

1 entries

څټل verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Pela

1 entries

jaʔ³¹ verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Persian

4 entries

لشتن noun (act of licking)
لیس noun (act of licking)
لیسیدن noun (act of licking)
لیسیدن verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Pije

1 entries

hnami verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Polish

3 entries

lizanie noun (act of licking)
lizać verb (to stroke with the tongue)
liznąć verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Portuguese

2 entries

lambida noun (act of licking)
lamber verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Quechua

4 entries

lampiy verb (to stroke with the tongue)
llagwai verb (to stroke with the tongue)
llaqway verb (to stroke with the tongue)
llunk'uy verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Romanian

1 entries

linge verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Russian

4 entries

лиза́ние noun (act of licking)
обли́зывание noun (act of licking)
лиза́ть verb (to stroke with the tongue)
лиза́ть verb (vulgar slang: to perform cunnilingus)

Sanskrit

1 entries

लिहति verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

imlich verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

lizati verb (to stroke with the tongue)
liznuti verb (to stroke with the tongue)
лизати verb (to stroke with the tongue)
лизнути verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Shan

1 entries

လေး verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Sicilian

4 entries

alliccata noun (act of licking)
alliccata noun (amount obtainable with a single lick)
alliccata noun (colloquial: a stroke or blow)
liccata noun (act of licking)

Sikkimese

1 entries

ལྕེ་ལྡག verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Slovak

1 entries

lízať verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Slovene

2 entries

lizati verb (to stroke with the tongue)
polizati verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Southern Sami

1 entries

njåalodh noun (act of licking)

Spanish

4 entries

bofetón noun (colloquial: a stroke or blow)
chin noun (colloquial: a bit)
golpazo noun (colloquial: a stroke or blow)
lambedura noun (act of licking)

Swedish

2 entries

slick noun (act of licking)
slicka verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Sylheti

1 entries

ꠟꠤꠀꠘꠤ verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Tagalog

1 entries

pagdila noun (act of licking)

Tajik

1 entries

лесидан verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Tamil

1 entries

நக்கு verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Telugu

1 entries

నాకు verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Thai

1 entries

เลีย verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Tibetan

3 entries

ལྕེ་ལྡག་བརྒྱབ verb (to stroke with the tongue)
ལྕེ་ལྡག་རྒྱག verb (to stroke with the tongue)
ལྡག་པ verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Turkish

3 entries

yalamak noun (act of licking)
somurmak verb (colloquial: to defeat decisively)
yalamak verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Turkmen

1 entries

ýalamak verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Udmurt

1 entries

нюлыны verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Ukrainian

4 entries

лиза́ння noun (act of licking)
лиза́ти verb (to stroke with the tongue)
лизну́ти verb (to stroke with the tongue)
полиза́ти verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

lizać verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Urdu

1 entries

چاٹنا verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Uyghur

1 entries

يالىماق verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Uzbek

1 entries

yalamoq verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Vietnamese

1 entries

liếm verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Vilamovian

1 entries

łakia verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Welsh

1 entries

llyfu verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Yakut

1 entries

салаа verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Yiddish

2 entries

לעק noun (act of licking)
לעקן verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Zazaki

4 entries

lêsen noun (act of licking)
lêstık noun (place where animals lick minerals from the ground)
lêsık noun (amount obtainable with a single lick)
nequr noun (colloquial: a stroke or blow)

Zhuang

1 entries

riz verb (to stroke with the tongue)

Sample sentences

41 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I had a lick at the jam.

Source: tatoeba (50333)

If you can't lick 'em, join 'em.

Source: tatoeba (278068)

They don't do a lick of work.

Source: tatoeba (306869)

For dehydration, take a lick of salt.

Source: tatoeba (328926)

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