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• lick lips — lick (your) lips to feel pleased and excited about something that is going to happen, usually because you think you will get something good from it. Meanwhile, the property developers are licking their lips at the prospect of all the money they… …   New idioms dictionary

• lick one's lips — To look forward, or (archaic) to recall, with pleasure • • • Main Entry: ↑lick * * * I lick one s lips (or chops) look forward to something with eager anticipation II lick (or smack) one s lips look forward to something with relish; show one s… …   Useful english dictionary

• lick — [lik] vt. [ME licken < OE liccian, akin to Ger lecken < IE base * leig̑h , to lick > Gr leichein, L ligurrire, to lick, lingere, to lick up] 1. to pass the tongue over [to lick one s lips] 2. to bring into a certain condition by passing… …   English World dictionary

• lick your lips — lick (your) lips to feel pleased and excited about something that is going to happen, usually because you think you will get something good from it. Meanwhile, the property developers are licking their lips at the prospect of all the money they… …   New idioms dictionary

• lick your chops — lick (your) chops to be eager to do something that you think will be satisfying or pleasant. Their team was so much better than ours that when they played us, they were just licking their chops. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of lick… …   New idioms dictionary

• lick chops — lick (your) chops to be eager to do something that you think will be satisfying or pleasant. Their team was so much better than ours that when they played us, they were just licking their chops. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of lick… …   New idioms dictionary

• lick — lick1 S3 [lık] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(tongue)¦ 2¦(sport)¦ 3¦(flames/waves)¦ 4 have (got) something licked 5 lick your lips 6 lick your wounds 7 lick somebody s boots ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: liccian] 1.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• lick — lick1 [ lık ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive to move your tongue across something, especially in order to eat it, clean it, or make it wet: The children sat licking ice cream. Their dog was still licking itself. The kids were licking… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• lick — /lɪk / (say lik) verb (t) 1. (sometimes followed by off, from, etc.) to pass the tongue over the surface of. 2. to affect by strokes of the tongue: to lick the plate clean. 3. to pass or play lightly over, as flames do. 4. Colloquial to overcome… …  

• lick — [[t]lɪ̱k[/t]] licks, licking, licked 1) VERB When people or animals lick something, they move their tongue across its surface. [V n] She folded up her letter, licking the envelope flap with relish... [V n] The dog rose awkwardly to his feet and… …   English dictionary

• lick — 1 verb 1 TONGUE (T) to move your tongue across the surface of something in order to eat it, clean it etc: The dog jumped up and licked her face. 2 SPORT (T) informal to defeat an opponent: I reckon we could lick the best teams in Georgia. 3… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English