Noun

• S: (n) salt lick, lick (a salt deposit that animals regularly lick)
• S: (n) lick, lap (touching with the tongue) "the dog's laps were warm and wet"
• S: (n) punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slug ((boxing) a blow with the fist) "I gave him a clout on his nose"

Verb

• S: (v) cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick (beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight) "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
• S: (v) lick, lap (pass the tongue over) "the dog licked her hand"
• S: (v) solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work (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"
• S: (v) lap, lap up, lick (take up with the tongue) "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"