Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act by which something is licked.

    Licken

    лиза́ниеlizánije, обли́зываниеoblízyvanije

  2. (countable, informal, uncountable)A severe beating.

    по́ркаpórka, взбу́чкаvzbúčka, трёпкаtrjópka

  3. (countable, informal, uncountable)A great loss or defeat.

    Our football team took a licking last night.

    пораже́ниеporažénije, разгро́мrazgróm

More definitions
  • an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
  • the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
an act of licking:
a severe beating:
a great loss or defeat:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
an act of licking:

Forms

plural: lickings
Singularlicking
Plurallickings

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
licking — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto