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Synonyms for LICKING
ˈlɪk ɪŋlick·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
defeat, lickingnoun
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
"it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"
Synonyms:
thrashing, trouncing, frustration, whacking, drubbing, defeat, beating, lacing, lickingbeating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whackingnoun
the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
Synonyms:
thrashing, trouncing, walloping, debacle, whacking, drubbing, whipping, beating, defeat, lacing, lace, licking, slaughter
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lickingnoun
Synonyms:
flogging, chastisement, castigation, punishment, thrashing, whipping
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#7682 | lace | |
#8135 | defeat | |
#8448 | licking | |
#10348 | beating | |
#13243 | frustration | |
#14083 | slaughter | |
#19985 | whipping | |
#37117 | debacle | |
#44248 | lacing | |
#50506 | thrashing | |
#74421 | whacking | |
#140156 | drubbing | |
#168547 | trouncing | |
#302347 | walloping |
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I was butt naked lying on my back on a bed and did n’t have any idea where I was, i came to and remember seeing this big man crouched over me. It was Bill Cosby, and Bill Cosby was at my feet, kind of licking and kissing them and I think Bill Cosby bit my toe as that’s what woke me up.
The flames are licking right up the hills, right up to the parking lot, i think the parking lot will save President Reagan library.
My father feels terrible that the dogs are probably going to be put to sleep, the pit bull is not an inherently evil dog. But ... these pit bulls might have been trained as guard or attack dogs. He remembers the dogs licking his blood off the ground. They wanted to finish the job. That's very disturbing to him.
When iridoid cocktails were applied on the bottom of dishes that were then covered by a punctured plastic cover, cats still exhibited licking and chewing even though they couldn't contact the chemicals directly, this means that licking and chewing is an instinctive behavior elicited by olfactory stimulation of iridoids.
I feel like teams come in here licking their chops for sure, it’s up to us to protect our home court. We have to fix the little things. No excuses whatsoever. Once we get on the same page, all aboard, this team is very talented. It’ll come along.
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