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What does lick mean?

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Noun
  1. The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue.
  2. The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.
  3. A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a tongue.
  4. A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.
  5. A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream.
  6. (colloquial) A stroke or blow.
  7. (colloquial) A bit.
  8. (music) A short motif.
  9. Speed. (Always qualified by good, fair, or a similar adjective.)
Verb
  1. To stroke with the tongue.
  2. (colloquial) To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight.
  3. (colloquial) To overcome.
  4. (colloquial) To do anything partially.
  5. (of flame, waves etc.) To lap
  6. To lap; to take in with the tongue.
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