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licks

  • plural
    of lick.
    lick
    verb (used with object)
    to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.).
  • present tense form
    of lick (3rd person singular).
    lick
    verb (used with object)
    to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.).

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Across two hours, Buckley’s Bride shoots, kicks, contorts, dances, scrapes, whizzes, licks and screams, all the while coming no closer to her true self than she was at the start of the film.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026

He licks, he yodels, he sleeps on a purple pillow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026

You could spend days under your headphones unraveling the dense weave of riffs, licks, rhythms and languages in this song.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2024

Diligent insect medics, with brains barely as big as the punctuation in size-8 font, were spotted carefully assessing the injuries of nestmates with a few gentle licks before operating with razor-sharp jaws.

From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2024

“It’s salty,” he says, and licks some water from his hand.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone