How to pronounce lick in English

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Pronounce Lick as L IY K K.

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    Lick phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'lick'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of lick: /lɪkk/
    • Modern IPA representation of lick: /lɪck/

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    List of meaning for lick

    salt lick, lick(noun)

    a salt deposit that animals regularly lick

    lick, lap(noun)

    touching with the tongue

    "the dog's laps were warm and wet"

    punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slug(verb)

    (boxing) a blow with the fist

    "I gave him a clout on his nose"

    cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick(verb)

    beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight

    "We licked the other team on Sunday!"

    lick, lap(verb)

    pass the tongue over

    "the dog licked her hand"

    solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work(verb)

    find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of

    "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem"

    lap, lap up, lick(verb)

    take up with the tongue

    "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"

    a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument

    gave the ball a solid lick with the bat

    a very small amount

    the soup needs just a lick more of salt

    the smallest amount or part imaginable

    you haven't done a lick of work all day

    to strike repeatedly

    your father will lick you good if he hears you using swear words

    to achieve a victory over

    he's determined to do everything he can to lick the cancer

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    lick in sentence

    1. Like a rabbit, a mother hare must constantly lick its baby in order to promote circulation and help it survive.

    2. Our puppy would constantly lick his paw in order to get the hardened dirt out from in between his pads.

    3. While dogs don’t osculate people with their lips, they do lick to show affection.

    4. If you want to know what a lollipop tastes like, you will have to lick it with your tongue to find out.

    5. “It’s finger lickin’ good” is the slogan for Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants so that people will think their chicken is so delicious that they will even lick it off their fingers.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term lick

    We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.

    Wernher von Braun

    We had been telling the story of Hannibal Lecter, foreigner in America, so far, and now we transition the story, he's returning to more familiar settings to lick his wounds. It allows us to explore the emotional bandwidth of his character and see him pining for his friend Will.

    Bryan Fuller

    Mentally weak has a tendency to lick the finger to stick the saliva onto it to flip the page or count the paper currency as they think that they can't do it without the spit.

    Anuj Somany

    I even lick the envelope and stick on the stamp for them.

    Brad Atkins

    If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you and may posterity forget that ye were once our countrymen.

    Samuel Adams

    In politics women type the letters, lick the stamps, distribute the pamphlets and get out the vote. Men get elected.

    Clare Boothe Luce

    Of the Seven Deadly Sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue the prospect of bitter confrontations still to come, to savor to the last toothsome morsel both the pain you are given and the pain you are giving back--in many ways it is a feast fit for a king. The chief drawback is that what you are wolfing down is yourself. The skeleton at the feast is you.

    Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking, 1973

    Just like a mountain goat climbing very steep and dangerous land to lick salt from the rocks, man also should take high risks to get what he wants!

    Mehmet Murat ildan

    We made the buttons on the screen look so good you'll want to lick them.

    Steve Jobs

    If you can't lick 'em, join 'em.

    American Proverb

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