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licking definition

lick·ing (lik′iŋ)

noun

  1. the act of a person or thing that licks
  2. Informal
    1. a whipping
    2. a defeat

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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