[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lick \lick\ li^k, v. t. imp.  p. p. licked li^kt; p.
   pr.  vb. n. licking. as. liccian; akin to os. likk=on,
   d. likken, ohg. lecch=on, g. lecken, goth. bi-laig=on,
   russ. lizate, l. lingere, gr. lei`chein, skr. lih, rih.
   root121. cf. lecher, relish.
   1. to draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his
      master's hand. --addison.
      1913 webster

   2. to lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks
      milk. --shak.
      1913 webster

   to lick the dust, to be slain; to fall in battle. "his
      enemies shall lick the dust." --ps. lxxii. 9.

   to lick into shape, to give proper form to; -- from a
      notion that the bear's cubs are born shapeless and
      subsequently formed by licking. --hudibras.

   to lick the spittle of, to fawn upon. --south.

   to lick up, to take all of by licking; to devour; to
      consume entirely. --shak. --num. xxii. 4.
      1913 webster
see also:
licked licking lecher relish to lick the dust to lick into shape 
to lick the spittle of to lick up 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

licking \lick"ing\, n.
   1. a lapping with the tongue.
      1913 webster

   2. a flogging or castigation. colloq. or low
      1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

licking
     n 1: an unsuccessful ending syn: defeat ant: victory
     2: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated
        blows syn: beating, thrashing, drubbing, lacing,
        trouncing, whacking
see also:
defeat victory beating thrashing drubbing lacing 
trouncing whacking 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

88 moby thesaurus words for "licking":
   waterloo, appetite, beating, cannibalism, carnivorism, carnivority,
   carnivorousness, chewing, collapse, conquering, conquest,
   consumption, crash, cropping, deathblow, debacle, defeasance,
   defeat, deglutition, destruction, devouring, devourment, dieting,
   dining, downfall, dressing-down, drubbing, eating, epulation,
   failure, fall, feasting, feeding, gluttony, gobbling, grazing,
   herbivorism, herbivority, herbivorousness, hiding, hunger,
   ingestion, lambasting, larruping, lathering, leathering,
   manducation, mastery, mastication, messing, munching, nibbling,
   nutrition, omnivorism, omnivorousness, omophagy, overcoming,
   overthrow, overturn, paddling, pantophagy, pasture, pasturing,
   pecking, quietus, regalement, relishing, rout, ruin, rumination,
   savoring, shellacking, smash, subdual, subduing, subjugation,
   tanning, tasting, thrashing, trimming, trouncing, undoing,
   vanquishment, vegetarianism, walloping, whaling, whipping,
   wolfing

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

licking, mo city, fips 42464
  location: 37.49612 n, 91.86073 w
  population 1990: 1328 630 housing units
  area: 3.8 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 65542

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

licking -- u.s. county in ohio
   population 2000:    145491
   housing units 2000: 58760
   land area 2000:     686.504767 sq. miles 1778.039109 sq. km
   water area 2000:    1.876096 sq. miles 4.859065 sq. km
   total area 2000:    688.380863 sq. miles 1782.898174 sq. km
   located within:       ohio oh, fips 39
   location:             40.065737 n, 82.482297 w
   headwords:
    licking
    licking, oh
    licking county
    licking county, oh

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

licking, mo -- u.s. city in missouri
   population 2000:    1471
   housing units 2000: 744
   land area 2000:     1.735151 sq. miles 4.494019 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.010002 sq. miles 0.025904 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1.745153 sq. miles 4.519923 sq. km
   fips code:            42464
   located within:       missouri mo, fips 29
   location:             37.496775 n, 91.857629 w
   zip codes 1990:     65542
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    licking, mo
    licking

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