Synonyms for licking
ˈlɪk ɪŋlick·ing

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1. defeat, lickingnoun

   an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest

   "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"

   Synonyms:
   thrashing, trouncing, frustration, whacking, drubbing, defeat, beating, lacing

2. beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whackingnoun

   the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

   Synonyms:
   thrashing, trouncing, walloping, debacle, whacking, drubbing, whipping, beating, defeat, lacing, lace, slaughter

Matched Categories

1. • Corporal Punishment
   • Ending
   • Failure

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1. lickingnoun

   Synonyms:
   lapping

2. lickingnoun

   Synonyms:
   [Low.] whipping, beating, flogging, thrashing, castigation

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1. lickingnoun

   Synonyms:
   flogging, chastisement, castigation, punishment, thrashing, whipping

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1. John Heubusch:

   The flames are licking right up the hills, right up to the parking lot, i think the parking lot will save President Reagan library.

2. Jim Acosta:

   While Donald Trump's still licking Donald Trump wounds down in Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump poses a threat to this country, this is not a time to put away our fact checkers in some sort of box on a shelf. They're going to be needed to fact-check this movement. Donald Trump may be going away, but Donald Trump is not.

3. Tim Howard:

   When Alex Ferguson left I think there was a lot of people probably in the media( licking their) chops, excited for and looking for the slaughter that was about to come -- that was impending because unless the next manager came in and was absolutely perfect that was what was going to happen, david Moyes is one hell of a tough character. If anyone can withstand that and brush it off and move on it's David Moyes.

4. Terence Davis:

   I feel like teams come in here licking their chops for sure, it’s up to us to protect our home court. We have to fix the little things. No excuses whatsoever. Once we get on the same page, all aboard, this team is very talented. It’ll come along.

5. Malcolm Muggeridge:

   In retrospect, all these exercises in self-gratification seem pure fantasy, what Pascal called, licking the earth.