- present participle of lick.
licking
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In the post, Wouter was pictured wearing a dog cone, which is used to prevent pets from licking, chewing or scratching surgical sites or wounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 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
One key area stands out where England are vulnerable, where elite opponents will be licking their lips at the prospect of facing Tuchel's side.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
And the coming wave of mega-IPOs presents more risks than usual: Private investors are licking their chops at the prospect of cashing in on long-awaited gains.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
He loved tasting snow cakes, and he loved licking icicle pops.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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
Two years later, at the polls, it took one of the most surprising lickings in U.S. political history.
From Time Magazine Archive
For seven years the League plum has meant rich lickings to the Swiss city of Geneva.
From Time Magazine Archive
The quivering line, now two feet from the beer, did not look at the glasses full of cheer, but at the eyes full of lickings.
From H. R. by Edwin Lefevre
