licking
51licking — /lik ing/, n. 1. Informal. a. a beating or thrashing. b. a reversal or disappointment; defeat or setback. 2. the act of a person or thing that licks. [1350 1400; ME; see LICK, ING1] * * * …
52licking — Synonyms and related words: Waterloo, appetite, beating, cannibalism, carnivorism, carnivority, carnivorousness, chewing, collapse, conquering, conquest, consumption, crash, cropping, deathblow, debacle, defeasance, defeat, deglutition,… …
53licking — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. whipping, beating, thrashing; see defeat 3 , mauling . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Slang. A punishment dealt with blows or lashes: beating, flogging, hiding, lashing, thrashing, whipping. Informal: trimming. See… …
54licking — lick|ing [ lıkıŋ ] noun singular INFORMAL 1. ) a punishment in which someone is hit very hard several times 2. ) an occasion when someone is easily defeated in a game or competition …
55licking — n 1.Informal. beating, drubbing, sound thrashing, shellacking, Inf. tanning; whipping, Dial. whuppin1, flogging, lashing, strapping, switching, spanking. 2. reversal, upset, setback, disappointment …
56licking — UK [ˈlɪkɪŋ] / US noun [singular] informal 1) an occasion when someone is easily defeated in a game or competition 2) a punishment in which someone is hit very hard several times …
57licking — lick•ing [[t]ˈlɪk ɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) Informal. a) a beating or thrashing b) a reversal or disappointment; defeat or setback 2) the act of a person or thing that licks • Etymology: 1350–1400 …
58licking — /ˈlɪkɪŋ/ (say liking) noun 1. Colloquial a. a beating or thrashing. b. a defeat; setback. 2. the act of someone or something that licks …
59licking — n. colloq. 1 a thrashing. 2 a defeat …
60licking syndrome — a form of pica in cattle in which they lick their own or each other s hair and skin, or other surfaces; it is often due to dietary deficiency of copper or sodium …
