Значение

значений: 12
  1. The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue.

    The cat gave its fur a lick.

    Lecken

    лиза́ниеlizánije, обли́зываниеoblízyvanije

    лиза́нняlyzánnja

    touching with the tongue

  2. The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.

    Give me a lick of ice cream.

  3. A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue.

    a lick of paint

    to put on colours with a lick of the brush

  4. A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.

    The birds gathered at the clay lick.

    a salt deposit that animals regularly lick

  5. A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream.

    We used to play in the lick.

  6. (разговорное)A stroke or blow.

    Hit that wedge a good lick with the sledgehammer.

    (boxing) a blow with the fist

  7. (разговорное)A small amount; a whit.

    You don't have a lick of sense.

    I didn't do a lick of work today.

  8. (разговорное)An attempt at something.

  9. A short motif.

    There are some really good blues licks in this solo.

  10. (разговорное)A rate of speed. (Always qualified by good, fair, or a similar adjective.)

    The bus was travelling at a good lick when it swerved and left the road.

  11. (сленг)An act of cunnilingus.

    You up for a lick tonight?

  12. An instance or opportunity to earn money fast, usually by illegal means, thus a heist, drug deal etc. or its victim; mostly used in phrasal verbs: hit a lick, hit licks

Примеры

предложений: 211
  1. The cat was licking its paws.

    Кот лизал свои лапы.

    ukКіт лизав свої лапи.

  2. My dog was licking my face.

    Моя собака лизала мне лицо.

  3. The puppy licked her on the cheek.

    Щенок лизнул её щеку.

  4. They don't do a lick of work.

    Они ни капельки не работают.

  5. Tom licked the honey off his fingers.

    Том облизал мёд с пальцев.

Переводы

языков: 9
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Происхождение

From Middle English likken, from Old English liccian, from Proto-West Germanic *likkōn, fr

From Middle English likken, from Old English liccian, from Proto-West Germanic *likkōn, from Proto-Germanic *likkōną (“to lick”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”). Sense evolution towards violence unclear; not paralleled in any other Germanic language.

Back-formation from hit a lick, which see. Ultimately from liquor.

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Формы

мн. число: licks
Ед. числоlick
Мн. числоlicks

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 92
Близкие по смыслу

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 21

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