v
(transitive, emphatic, obsolete) To crave; crave for.
v
(transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To lick or lick about.
n
(colloquial) A minor defeat.
n
(slang, UK, Ireland, historical) A telephone service providing betting odds and commentary, relayed to customers in a bookmaker's shop via loudspeaker.
v
(transitive) To batter, bruise; to cause to bulge or swell.
v
(slang, archaic, transitive) To do for; to finish or use up.
v
(transitive) To fill (one's mouth or cheeks) with food.
v
(intransitive) To bite or chew loudly or heavily.
adj
(informal, rare) Inclined to chomp; bitey.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To peck at or nibble.
n
The act of sucking one's fingers.
n
(obsolete or dialect) A butterfly.
n
The action of the verb flobber.
n
The act of licking someone's feet.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To gnaw; to consume, to eat away.
v
(Northern England, Scotland) To gnaw; nibble; bite at (something)
n
One who gnashes the teeth.
v
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To gnash.
v
(intransitive, Northern England, Scotland, obsolete) To snarl; snap.
v
(MLE) habitual of hit a lick
v
(colloquial, idiomatic) To eat (food) quickly, especially by taking it into the mouth directly from the plate rather than using cutlery.
v
Archaic spelling of gnaw. [(transitive, intransitive) To bite something persistently, especially something tough.]
adj
(archaic) Taken by licking with the tongue.
n
A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue.
n
(idiomatic) A quick, not-very-thorough wash.
v
To use one's tongue to remove moistness from the sides of one's mouth, as when salivating or at the conclusion of a meal.
v
Alternative form of lick one's chops [To use one's tongue to remove moistness from the sides of one's mouth, as when salivating or at the conclusion of a meal.]
n
Someone or something that licks.
v
(slang) To pick one's nose.
n
(Internet slang, of an animal) The act or sound of extending the tongue to lick something, especially one's own nose, without opening the mouth fully.
v
(transitive) To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.
v
(US, dialectal) To latch onto something with the mouth.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To nibble.
v
(intransitive) To bring the muzzle or mouth near.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To eat with small, quick bites.
adj
Characterised or marked by nibbling
v
Pronunciation spelling of nibbling.
adj
With a nip or nips (in various senses).
n
One who, or that which, nips.
v
(colloquial) To eat with noisy enjoyment. [+ on (object)]
n
(idiomatic) One who picks their nose.
n
(colloquial) Someone who noshes; an eater.
v
(intransitive, now South US, often with 'with') Synonym of nibble: to pick at or toy with one's food, to eat slowly or insubstantially.
n
(rare) One who plays with his food, but does not eat.
v
(transitive, US, slang) To eat very quickly.
n
(colloquial) The temptation to have an affair after seven years of being married.
n
One who or that which slurps.
n
(informal) A portmanteau name created by blending two different names, especially one used to collectively describe a celebrity couple or fandom ship.
v
(UK, dialect, obsolete) To kill.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To bite.
v
(transitive, dialect) To snare using a snickle.
v
(transitive) To catch by this means.
v
(Scotland, colloquial) To speak excessively or pointlessly.
adv
(slang) With a heavy fall; plump.
n
(linguistics) A short article, often published in journals, that introduces theoretically problematic empirical data or discusses an overlooked theoretical problem. In contrast to a typical article, a squib need not answer the questions that it poses.
v
Synonym of cock a snook (“perform disrespectful gesture with thumb against the nose”)
v
(now uncommon) To utter in or with the throat.
n
The cleansing of fur by licking, as practised by dogs, cats, etc.
n
A licking or lapping with the tongue.
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