lick

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. (colloquial)A stroke or blow.

   Hit that wedge a good lick with the sledgehammer.

   (boxing) a blow with the fist

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

   You don't have a lick of sense.

   I didn't do a lick of work today.

8. (informal)An attempt at something.

9. A short motif.

   There are some really good blues licks in this solo.

10. (informal)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. (slang)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

1. The cat was licking its paws.

   Кіт лизав свої лапи. — deniko

   ruКот лизал свои лапы. — soweli_Elepanto

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2. Tom licked the butter off the knife.

   Том злизав масло з ножа. — deniko

   ruТом слизал масло с ножа. — Wezel

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

   Цілувати курильщика — все одно що лизати попільничку. — deniko

   ruЦеловать курильщика - всё равно что лизать пепельницу. — Selena777

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

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4. Kissing a smoker is like licking an ashtray.

   Цілувати курильщика — це як лизати попільничку. — deniko

   ruЦеловать курильщика - это как лизать пепельницу. — Selena777

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5. I licked the spoon.

   Я лизнув ложку. — deniko

   ruЯ облизнул ложку. — marafon

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