Значення

значень: 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. (розмовне)A stroke or blow.

    Hit that wedge a good lick with the sledgehammer.

    (boxing) a blow with the fist

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

    You don't have a lick of sense.

    I didn't do a lick of work today.

  8. (розмовне)An attempt at something.

  9. A short motif.

    There are some really good blues licks in this solo.

  10. (розмовне)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

Приклади

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

    Кіт лизав свої лапи.

    ruКот лизал свои лапы.

  2. Tom licked the butter off the knife.

    Том злизав масло з ножа.

    ruТом слизал масло с ножа.

  3. Kissing a person who smokes is like licking an ashtray.

    Цілувати курильщика — все одно що лизати попільничку.

    ruЦеловать курильщика - всё равно что лизать пепельницу.

    deJemanden, der raucht, zu küssen ist so, wie an einem Aschenbecher zu lecken.

  4. Kissing a smoker is like licking an ashtray.

    Цілувати курильщика — це як лизати попільничку.

    ruЦеловать курильщика - это как лизать пепельницу.

  5. I licked the spoon.

    Я лизнув ложку.

    ruЯ облизнул ложку.

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Походження

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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