lick
Example Sentences
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He licks, he yodels, he sleeps on a purple pillow.
But she had tried again, and again, licking the blood off her skinned knees, climbing up trees and jumping out of them.
From Literature
She licks the sugar off her crackers, and I eat my half of the Popsicle, which tastes better than it looks.
From Literature
The cat sat, licked a paw, but kept one distrusting eye on Coal, which was fair enough, he guessed.
From Literature
The results are wondrous and unsettling: People without a lick of coding experience are building things that once required trained software developers.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
