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]