Definition of Lick

Verb: lick lik

Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
"We licked the other team on Sunday!";
- cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, trounce, wipe the floor, whale [N. Amer], hammer, slaughter, tromp [N. Amer], smoke [N. Amer], muller [Brit], beat hollow
Pass the tongue over
"the dog licked her hand";
- lap
Find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
"did you lick the problem?";
- solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, work, unriddle
Take up with the tongue
"the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast";
- lap, lap up

Noun: lick lik

A salt deposit that animals regularly lick
- salt lick
Touching with the tongue
- lap
(boxing) a blow with the fist
"I gave him a lick on his nose";
- punch, clout, poke, biff, slug, dong [Austral, NZ]
[Brit] At a fast speed
"the action unfolded at a great lick"