- present participle of lick.
licking
Example Sentences
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Slovenia were licking their lips for most of the night.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Footage shows waves licking the wreckage as multiple responders attempted to free the canine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
And, notably, they eat Cane’s, whether it’s buying entire orders of just Texas toast or dunking their entire hand into a fountain cup of Cane’s Sauce and licking it off their fingers.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
He sips small amounts of ice water because drinking too much is akin to licking one’s lips, causing them to chap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
The skunk was yawning and licking his lips with the world’s tiniest, pinkest tongue.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
After all the investments they had made into her business, she said they were left with the "lickings of a dog" and felt it was "a kick in the teeth".
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2024
Tammany took one of the bad lickings it takes once in a generation, then cleaned house after a fashion and picked a new boss, young District Leader James J. Dooling.
From Time Magazine Archive
For seven years the League plum has meant rich lickings to the Swiss city of Geneva.
From Time Magazine Archive
In one tournament after another, Tony took embarrassing lickings.
From Time Magazine Archive
But they was one thing he never sot no store by, and I got along now to where I hold that up agin him more'n all the lickings he ever done.
From Danny's Own Story by Don Marquis
