lick

lick
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. lap (up), tongue; dart across (see touch); informal, beat, thrash, flog; informal, overcome, defeat, rout. See impulse, punishment, success. —n. lap, licking, sip, taste, sup; bit, jot, modicum; slang, try, essay, chance; slang, hot lick, blue note, vamp, improvisation, riff. See food, touch, music.
II
(Roget's IV) v.
1. [To pass the tongue over]
Syn. kiss, lap, tongue, lap up, stroke, rub, touch, pass over, pass across, move over, gloss over, caress, wash, play, graze, brush, glance, sweep, tongue, ripple, fondle, soothe, tranquilize, calm, quiet.
2. [To play over; said of flames ]
Syn. run over, shoot, rise and fall, advance, fluctuate, flutter, vibrate, fly to and fro, leap, waver, vacillate, quiver, tremble, palpitate, blaze; see also burn 1 , dart 1 , wave 3 .
3. [*To beat]
Syn. whip, trim, thrash; see beat 2 .
4. [*To defeat]
Syn. overcome, vanquish, frustrate; see defeat 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
1. hit punch, *whack, smack, blow, slap, jab.
2. musical phrase *riff.
II
v.
1. lap tongue, kiss, graze, brush.
2. beat whip, defeat, trounce, overpower, *shellac, trample.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. Slang. To punish with blows or lashes: beat, flog, hide2, lash, thrash, whip. Informal: trim. Slang: lay into. See ATTACK, REWARD. 2. Slang. To win a victory over, as in battle or a competition: beat, best, conquer, defeat, master, overcome, prevail against (or over), rout, subdue, subjugate, surmount, triumph over, vanquish, worst. Informal: trim, whip. Slang: ace. Idioms: carry (or win) the day, get (or have) the best of, get (or have) the better of, go someone one better. See WIN. II noun A sudden sharp, powerful stroke: bang, blow2, clout, crack, hit, pound, slug3, sock, swat, thwack, welt, whack, wham, whop. Informal: bash, biff, bop, clip1, wallop. Slang: belt, conk, paste. See ATTACK, STRIKE.

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