hot lick
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hot lick
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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The least among the initiates can watch a hot lick go sailing from one performer to another like a hot rivet, and appreciate the way it gets deftly caught and driven home before it combo.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is still a must in every Dixieland and New Orleans jazz group, but is rare as a hot lick in modern combos.
From Time Magazine Archive
Under the sweating leadership of the music teacher, the school orchestra held the pace for another bar or two, until one of the players stood up and rendered a discordant hot lick on his trumpet.
From Adolescents Only by Irving E. Cox
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