Associations to the word «Licking»

Wiktionary

LICKING, noun. An act of licking.
LICKING, noun. (slang) A severe beating.
LICKING, noun. (slang) A great loss or defeat.
LICKING, verb. Present participle of lick
LICKING CLEAN, verb. Present participle of lick clean
LICKING OUT, verb. Present participle of lick out
LICKING UP, verb. Present participle of lick up

Dictionary definition

LICKING, noun. An unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking".
LICKING, noun. The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley