Licked
[likt]
Definition
(adj.) having been got the better of; 'I'm pretty beat up but I don't feel licked yet' .
Typist: Preston--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Lick
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Examples
- Soon the Canuck boys attacked the Yankee boys, and we were all badly licked. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Bannister licked his dry lips. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Then he licked his lips. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The poor animal recognised me, licked my hand, crept close to its lord, and died. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He had winced at each bomb thud and now he licked his dry lips. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In the course of time, the King was killed in battle, and when his chariot wheels were washed in the pool of Samaria, the dogs licked the blood. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The last few drops of liquor he poured into the palm of his hand, and licked up. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- They fought thirteen rounds, and Dobbin Licked. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He licked his lips then, put up an arm and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, looked down and saw the blood on his hand. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And he stopped, and the dog was bloody, and father lay down crying on the floor with the dog in his arms, and the dog licked his face. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
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