Usually means: Applying tongue to a surface.
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We found 30 dictionaries that define the word licking:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. licking: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Licking, licking: Merriam-Webster
  3. licking: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. licking: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. licking: Collins English Dictionary
  6. licking: Vocabulary.com
  7. Licking, licking: Wordnik
  8. licking: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. licking: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. licking: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. licking: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Licking, licking: Dictionary.com
  13. licking: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Licking (disambiguation), Licking: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Licking: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. licking: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. licking: Rhymezone
  18. Licking: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. LICKING: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  20. licking: FreeDictionary.org
  21. licking: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. licking: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. licking: Wiktionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Licking: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. licking: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. licking: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. licking: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. licking: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The act by which something is licked.
noun:  (informal) A severe beating.
noun:  (informal) A great loss or defeat.

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