lick


lick (http://definr.com/lick)

     n 1: a salt deposit that animals regularly lick [syn: salt lick]
     2: touching with the tongue [syn: lap]
     3: (boxing) a blow with the fist [syn: punch, poke, biff]
     v 1: beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the
          other team on Sunday!" [syn: bat, clobber, drub, thrash]
     2: pass the tongue over [syn: lap]
     3: find the solution to (a problem or question):"did you solve
        the problem?"; understand the meaning of; "did you get
        it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the
        math problem" [syn: solve, work out, figure out, {puzzle
        out}, work]