lickin
A thorough defeat
Lickin is an informal spelling of licking, representing casual or dialectal pronunciation.
It appears most often in set phrases: a lickin and a promise describes a hasty, superficial job.
To take a lickin is to absorb punishment or defeat: That old truck took a lickin and kept on tickin.
Repeated striking blows
- thrashingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- spankingStriking the buttocks
- paddlingStroking water with blades
- wallopingPowerful blow or defeat
tanning · switching · belting · hiding · clobbering · drubbing · pounding · smacking
Wind instrument note separation
- savoringEnjoying something slowly
- samplingExtracting subset for study
- tastingSampling for flavor
- slurpingDrinking with audible suction
lapping · flavor · tongue · ice cream · lollipop · spoon · finger · bowl
Overwhelming defeat
- shellackingCrushing, lopsided defeat
- drubbingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- pummelingSustained striking attack
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
rout · blowout · massacre · walloping · beatdown · humiliation · domination · shutout
Repeated musical phrase
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
- bluesMournful American music genre
- soloPerformance by one
- phraseWords forming partial meaning
country · rockabilly · bend · slide · pentatonic · fretboard · improvisation · chops
whipping
Repeated striking blows
walloping · tanning · switching · belting · hiding · clobbering · drubbing · pounding · smacking · whooping
tonguing
Wind instrument note separation
slurping · lapping · flavor · tongue · ice cream · lollipop · spoon · finger · bowl · cone
trouncing
Overwhelming defeat
- shellackingCrushing, lopsided defeat
- drubbingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- pummelingSustained striking attack
crushing · rout · blowout · massacre · walloping · beatdown · humiliation · domination · shutout · annihilation
riff
Repeated musical phrase
phrase · country · rockabilly · bend · slide · pentatonic · fretboard · improvisation · chops · picking
lickinvictory
Defeating an opponent
win · triumph · conquest · landslide victory · winning
lickinescape
Flight from captivity
reprieve · pardon · mercy · sparing · protection
lickincaress
Gentle loving touch
gentle touch · pat on the back · hug · embrace · reward
- take a lickingEndure harsh treatment
- lick into shapeMake acceptable through effort
- lick one's chopsAnticipate something eagerly
- lick one's woundsRecover after a setback
- lick one's lipsTongue across mouth eagerly
- licked cleanConsumed until spotless