Antonyms for licking

Grammar : Noun

Spell : lik-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɪk ɪŋ

Definition of licking

Origin : "an act of licking or lapping," late 14c., from present participle of lick (v.1); meaning "a beating" is 1756, from lick (v.2).

noun beating
noun defeat

Example sentences :

But because it was a love-gift I ate all of it and was licking the basket-tray when Tse-tse came back.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

Then, suddenly, he saw a great dragon, who was licking a stone.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

They concluded by licking the porringers, and were smeared with soup up to their eyes.
Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

He began to make his toilet, first licking his right-hand whiskers and then his left.
Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster

And Egbert—by the living jingo, Egbert was in for a licking.
Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

The first thing of which John was conscious was that the dog was licking his rigid fingers.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

He remembers to this very hour a licking I gave him at school.
Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever

They commonly drink by dipping their fingers in the liquid and then licking them.
Extract from : « Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature » by Thomas H. Huxley

The only good deed recorded of them is that of licking the wounds of poor Lazarus.
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 » by Various

See how he's smelling at the liquor, now he's licking the top of it with his tongue.
Extract from : « The Settlers in Canada » by Frederick Marryat

Synonyms for licking

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