licking
pronunciation
How to pronounce licking in British English:
UK [ˈlɪkɪŋ]
How to pronounce licking in American English:
US [ˈlɪkɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- an unsuccessful ending
- the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
Word Origin
- licking (n.)
- "an act of licking or lapping," late 14c., from present participle of lick (v.1); meaning "a beating" is 1756, from lick (v.2).
Example
- 1. The world 's biggest drugmakers are licking their lips .
- 2. Licking his fingers , smoothing his eyebrows , patting his hair , ever the entertainer .
- 3. The anti-maoist forces also include nepal 's other political parties , which are still licking their wounds from their electoral drubbing .
- 4. And many of those previously encouraged to invest in what was then the booming australian wine industry have retreated , licking their wounds .
- 5. The children eating fish , the mother is on the side eating fish bones , tongue licking the fish marinated meat on the bones .