'Licking' definitions:
Definition of 'licking'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Licking'
From: GCIDE
- Lick \Lick\ (l[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Licked (l[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Licking.] [AS. liccian; akin to OS. likk[=o]n, D. likken, OHG. lecch[=o]n, G. lecken, Goth. bi-laig[=o]n, Russ. lizate, L. lingere, Gr. lei`chein, Skr. lih, rih. [root]121. Cf. Lecher, Relish.]
- 1. To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To lick the dust, to be slain; to fall in battle. "His enemies shall lick the dust." --Ps. lxxii. 9.
- To lick into shape, to give proper form to; -- from a notion that the bear's cubs are born shapeless and subsequently formed by licking. --Hudibras.
- To lick the spittle of, to fawn upon. --South.
- To lick up, to take all of by licking; to devour; to consume entirely. --Shak. --Num. xxii. 4. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Licking'
From: GCIDE
- Licking \Lick"ing\, n.
- 1. A lapping with the tongue. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A flogging or castigation. [Colloq. or Low] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'licking'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- appetite,
- beating,
- cannibalism,
- carnivorism,
- carnivority,
- carnivorousness,
- chewing,
- collapse,
- conquering,
- conquest,
- consumption,
- crash,
- cropping,
- deathblow,
- debacle,
- defeasance,
- defeat,
- deglutition,
- destruction,
- devouring,
- devourment,
- dieting,
- dining,
- downfall,
- dressing-down,
- drubbing,
- eating,
- epulation,
- failure,
- fall,
- feasting,
- feeding,
- gluttony,
- gobbling,
- grazing,
- herbivorism,
- herbivority,
- herbivorousness,
- hiding,
- hunger,
- ingestion,
- lambasting,
- larruping,
- lathering,
- leathering,
- manducation,
- mastery,
- mastication,
- messing,
- munching,
- nibbling,
- nutrition,
- omnivorism,
- omnivorousness,
- omophagy,
- overcoming,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- paddling,
- pantophagy,
- pasture,
- pasturing,
- pecking,
- quietus,
- regalement,
- relishing,
- rout,
- ruin,
- rumination,
- savoring,
- shellacking,
- smash,
- subdual,
- subduing,
- subjugation,
- tanning,
- tasting,
- thrashing,
- trimming,
- trouncing,
- undoing,
- vanquishment,
- vegetarianism,
- walloping,
- Waterloo,
- whaling,
- whipping,
- wolfing
Licking, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Licking, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000) :
1471
Housing Units (2000) :
744
Land area (2000) :
1.735151 sq. miles (4.494019 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.010002 sq. miles (0.025904 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1.745153 sq. miles (4.519923 sq. km)
FIPS code :
42464
Located within :
Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location :
37.496775 N, 91.857629 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
65542
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Licking -- U.S. County in Ohio
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Licking -- U.S. County in Ohio
Population (2000) :
145491
Housing Units (2000) :
58760
Land area (2000) :
686.504767 sq. miles (1778.039109 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
1.876096 sq. miles (4.859065 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
688.380863 sq. miles (1782.898174 sq. km)
Located within :
Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location :
40.065737 N, 82.482297 W