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How to pronounce licking in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms defeat
Type of ending, failure, finish, conclusion
Has types whitewash, debacle, drubbing, skunk, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, walloping, waterloo, whipping, heartbreaker, lurch, rout, shutout


they suffered a convincing licking.
Type Words
Synonyms beating, drubbing, lacing, thrashing, trouncing, whacking
Type of corporal punishment
Has types flagellation, flogging, lashing, whipping, tanning

Examples of licking

licking
The other part is fighting the urge to roll over and give myself a good licking.
From the latimes.com
I recently found him in the kitchen putting salt on his hand and licking it off.
From the telegraph.co.uk
One woman wore a bright red fascinator that resembled a flame licking her cheek.
From the kansas.com
The jaguar was licking his paws and alternately looking at the human before him.
From the sacbee.com
General Manager Martie Cordaro must be licking his chops over the possibilities.
From the omaha.com
Even so I liked licking the last salty, meaty bits off the shell's corrugations.
From the guardian.co.uk
It's a licorice that these power children really cannot stop themselves licking.
From the time.com
Everyone else is bashing on the boot, licking the windows, banging on the doors.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
He was licking the ice cream seductively and they started giggling and hugging.
From the dailymercury.com.au
More examples
  • Defeat: an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"
  • Beating: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
  • Salt lick: a salt deposit that animals regularly lick
  • (lick) cream: beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
  • (lick) pass the tongue over; "the dog licked her hand"
  • (lick) touching with the tongue; "the dog's laps were warm and wet"
  • Licking is the action of passing the tongue over a surface, typically either to deposit saliva onto the surface or to collect liquid onto the tongue for ingestion or to provide pleasure. Many animals both groom themselves and drink by licking.
  • (Lick (album)) Lick is the third album by The Lemonheads and the last to feature founding member Ben Deily. It was released in 1989 and was the group's last album before signing to major label Atlantic. ...
  • (Lick (band)) Lick was a band on Chicago's Invisible Records in the 1990s. Members have played with Pigface, The Final Cut, Project Elf, Sister Machine Gun and more.