Licking
['lɪkɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lick
(n.) A lapping with the tongue.
(n.) A flogging or castigation.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Lapping.[2]. [Low.] Whipping, beating, flogging, thrashing, castigation.
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Examples
- The dog growled again; and licking his lips, eyed Oliver as if he were anxious to attach himself to his windpipe without delay. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- You young dog, said the man, licking his lips, what fat cheeks you ha' got. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Cuff was licking me for breaking a bottle of milk, and Figs wouldn't stand it. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- What a licking I shall get when it's over, young Osborne thought, picking up his man. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He blinked forbearingly, with a male, bored expression, licking his whiskers. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Yes, I am not very well, answered the other, making obvious efforts to pull himself together, and licking his dry lips before he spoke. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr. Krook therefore drives her out before him, and she goes furtively downstairs, winding her lithe tail and licking her lips. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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