| lick | | |
| n. (object) | 1. lick, salt lick | a salt deposit that animals regularly lick. |
| ~ sediment, deposit | matter that has been deposited by some natural process. |
| n. (act) | 2. lap, lick | touching with the tongue.; "the dog's laps were warm and wet" |
| ~ touching, touch | the act of putting two things together with no space between them.; "at his touch the room filled with lights" |
| n. (act) | 3. biff, clout, lick, poke, punch, slug | (boxing) a blow with the fist.; "I gave him a clout on his nose" |
| ~ counterpunch, parry, counter | a return punch (especially by a boxer). |
| ~ knockout punch, ko punch, sunday punch, haymaker | a hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing. |
| ~ hook | a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent. |
| ~ jab | a quick short straight punch. |
| ~ rabbit punch | a short chopping blow to the back of the neck. |
| ~ sucker punch | an unexpected punch. |
| ~ boxing, pugilism, fisticuffs | fighting with the fists. |
| ~ blow | a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon.; "a blow on the head" |
| v. (contact) | 4. bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick, thrash | beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight.; "We licked the other team on Sunday!" |
| ~ beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell | come out better in a competition, race, or conflict.; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" |
| ~ flail, thrash, lam, thresh | give a thrashing to; beat hard. |
| v. (contact) | 5. lap, lick | pass the tongue over.; "the dog licked her hand" |
| ~ stroke | touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions.; "He stroked his long beard" |
| ~ tongue | lick or explore with the tongue. |
| v. (cognition) | 6. figure out, lick, puzzle out, solve, work, work out | find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of.; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem" |
| ~ understand | know and comprehend the nature or meaning of.; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means" |
| ~ reason | think logically.; "The children must learn to reason" |
| ~ answer, resolve | understand the meaning of.; "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered" |
| ~ riddle | explain a riddle. |
| ~ strike | arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing.; "strike a balance"; "strike a bargain" |
| ~ guess, infer | guess correctly; solve by guessing.; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize" |
| ~ answer | give the correct answer or solution to.; "answer a question"; "answer the riddle" |
| ~ break | find the solution or key to.; "break the code" |
| v. (consumption) | 7. lap, lap up, lick | take up with the tongue.; "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast" |
| ~ drink, imbibe | take in liquids.; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda" |
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