Lick
/lɪk/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:10 ptsWWF:12 pts4 letters
Definition of Lick
noun
- The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue.
"The cat gave its fur a lick."
- The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.
"Give me a lick of ice cream."
- A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue.
"a lick of paint"
- A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.
"The birds gathered at the clay lick."
- A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream.
"We used to play in the lick."