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Definition of licking in English: lickingnoun ˈlɪkɪŋˈlɪkɪŋ informal A heavy defeat or beating. 〈非正式〉惨败，痛打 when his father found him, Ray got the worst licking of his life Arsenal can take a licking as well as any other club Example sentencesExamples - I don't know how many times I've had conversations with friends where we joked and laughed about the lickings we got from our parents, and sometimes our teachers.
- The team were on the receiving end of a couple of lickings last week.
- Still, he is a gutsy little guy who keeps ticking after he takes a licking.
- And if the gossip she heard was true, they were busy fighting for their own survival, though they were giving the Germans a hell of a licking.
- On top of that my big brother, Jake, hit a baseball through the porch window and made me take the blame, so I ended up with a licking from Dad.
- But even if some investors take a licking, the lure of higher yields will draw others.
- The thing is, he knew that I knew I deserved those lickings.
- And now people are looking to see if he can take a licking and keep on ticking.
- ‘Whoever did this to you got a good licking on you,’ The doctor had commented as he took the needle in and out of David's face.
- And in the bargain her self-esteem has taken a licking.
- But in both cases, the economic recoveries then in progress were robust enough to take the licking and keep on ticking.
- Then one day in the middle of summer, we were giving them an awful licking.
- A licking from his father was certainly no joke.
- Every notable conservative takes a licking, as do a few liberals.
- But the Buffalo takes a licking and keeps on ticking.
- The target plates and the horizontal protective baffle seen at the front of the frame are tough and can really take a licking.
- What we're watching is the ID contestant taking a sound licking.
- But Clara knew Zeke would much rather take a licking from Isaiah than have to deal with Beth Ann who could find ways to make the punishment last a lot longer.
- Well, Tony Danza is taking a licking, but he keeps on ticking.
- They gave me about three years based on the pathology report of the liver biopsy, and I take a licking but I keep on ticking.
Synonyms defeat, loss, beating, trouncing, thrashing, drubbing rout informal hiding, pasting, caning, hammering, demolition, slaughter, massacre, annihilation North American informal shellacking thrashing, beating, flogging, whipping, slapping, spanking, thumping informal walloping, hiding, tanning, pasting, hammering, clobbering, lathering, larruping, working-over North American informal whaling
Definition of licking in US English: lickingnounˈlikiNGˈlɪkɪŋ informal A severe defeat or beating. 〈非正式〉惨败，痛打 when his father found him, Ray got the worst licking of his life Arsenal can take a licking as well as any other club Example sentencesExamples - Then one day in the middle of summer, we were giving them an awful licking.
- The target plates and the horizontal protective baffle seen at the front of the frame are tough and can really take a licking.
- But Clara knew Zeke would much rather take a licking from Isaiah than have to deal with Beth Ann who could find ways to make the punishment last a lot longer.
- A licking from his father was certainly no joke.
- ‘Whoever did this to you got a good licking on you,’ The doctor had commented as he took the needle in and out of David's face.
- What we're watching is the ID contestant taking a sound licking.
- On top of that my big brother, Jake, hit a baseball through the porch window and made me take the blame, so I ended up with a licking from Dad.
- The team were on the receiving end of a couple of lickings last week.
- Every notable conservative takes a licking, as do a few liberals.
- And if the gossip she heard was true, they were busy fighting for their own survival, though they were giving the Germans a hell of a licking.
- And in the bargain her self-esteem has taken a licking.
- But the Buffalo takes a licking and keeps on ticking.
- And now people are looking to see if he can take a licking and keep on ticking.
- The thing is, he knew that I knew I deserved those lickings.
- Still, he is a gutsy little guy who keeps ticking after he takes a licking.
- Well, Tony Danza is taking a licking, but he keeps on ticking.
- But in both cases, the economic recoveries then in progress were robust enough to take the licking and keep on ticking.
- I don't know how many times I've had conversations with friends where we joked and laughed about the lickings we got from our parents, and sometimes our teachers.
- They gave me about three years based on the pathology report of the liver biopsy, and I take a licking but I keep on ticking.
- But even if some investors take a licking, the lure of higher yields will draw others.
Synonyms defeat, loss, beating, trouncing, thrashing, drubbing thrashing, beating, flogging, whipping, slapping, spanking, thumping
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