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lick

noun as in light touch; little amount

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verb as in touch with tongue

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verb as in play over with fire

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verb as in defeat, sometimes by hitting

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Even if this England team was going well, I'd be licking my lips at the prospect of bowling to them, knowing one mistake could bring three or four.

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Absently he licked the marmalade off his fingertips.

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The baroness grinned wickedly and licked her lips.

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Then, with a mighty slurp, it licked its long, wet tongue along the full length of Penelope’s face.

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