Definitions
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- v. Simple past tense and past participle of lick.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. having been got the better of
Etymologies
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Examples
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I said I was licked into shape -- and I mean _licked_.
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Austin licked at me as I carried him for 2 miles back to our truck.
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I was licked from the first drop outa the box -- anybody could see that; but he couldn't put me down for the count.
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If all the railroad boys had come out, wouldn't the shop men have won instead of bein 'licked to a frazzle?
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When someone mentions SECRET concerning another’s interests, ears attune toward the sound of the one speaking, and syllables are licked from the air as if they were ice cream.
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Just as the warrior loosed his arrow, Karles reached him; Shandi's sword licked out and, impossibly, deflected the arrow from its deadly flight.
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The sword licked out, and there was a cry, and something with tattered wings and a terrible face separated from the seething mob, as the spirit of a small child, faded and frightened, dropped out of it.
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The Cimmerian's sword licked out, clipping a second arrow aside in mid-flight.
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The Aenir scrabbled for their blades as Durk's sword licked into them.
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His broadsword licked out and the man's head lolled on his shoulders.
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