| Englisch > Deutsch | |
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| lick | |
| 1. Lecken | |
| 2. lecken | |
| Englisch > Englisch | |
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| lick | |
| 1. subst. The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue. |  |
| The cat gave its fur a lick. | |
| 2. subst. The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick. | |
| Give me a lick of ice cream. | |
| 3. subst. A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a tongue. | |
| a lick of paint; to put on colours with a lick of the brush | |
| 4. subst. A place where animals lick minerals from the ground. | |
| The birds gathered at the clay lick. | |
| 5. subst. A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream. | |
| We used to play in the lick. | |
| 6. subst. (colloquial) A stroke or blow. | |
| Hit that wedge a good lick with the sledgehammer. | |
| 7. subst. (colloquial) A bit. | |
| You don't have a lick of sense. | |
| I didn't do a lick of work today. | |
| 8. subst. (music) A short motif. | |
| There are some really good blues licks in this solo. | |
| 9. subst. 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. | |
| 10. subst. (slang) An act of cunnilingus | |
| You up for a lick tonight? | |
| 11. v. To stroke with the tongue. | |
| The cat licked its fur. | |
| 12. v. To lap; to take in with the tongue. | |
| She licked the last of the honey off the spoon before washing it. | |
| 13. v. (colloquial) To beat with repeated blows. | |
| 14. v. (colloquial) To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight. | |
| My dad can lick your dad. | |
| 15. v. (colloquial) To overcome. | |
| I think I can lick this. | |
| 16. v. (vulgar, slang) To perform cunnilingus. | |
| 17. v. (colloquial) To do anything partially. | |
| 18. v. (of flame, waves etc.) To lap. | |
| Deutsch > Englisch | |
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| lecken | |
| 1. v. to lick (strike with the tongue) | |
| Der Hund leckte sein Fell. - The dog licked its fur. | |
| Der Hund leckte an seinem Fell. - The dog licked its fur. | |
| 2. v. to lick (perform cunnilingus) | |
| Mein Freund leckt total gerne. - My boyfriend totally enjoys licking. | |
| 3. v. to leak (a liquid, such as water) | |
| 4. v. to seep | |
