licking

lick·ing  (lkng)

n. Slang

1. A beating, thrashing, or spanking.

2. A severe loss or defeat.

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licking [ˈlɪkɪŋ]

n Informal

1. a beating

2. a defeat

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	licking - an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking" defeat conclusion, ending, finish - event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show" failure - an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose; "the surprise party was a complete failure" heartbreaker - a narrow defeat or a defeat at the last minute lurch - a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage) rout - an overwhelming defeat shutout, skunk - a defeat in a game where one side fails to score thrashing, trouncing, walloping, drubbing, slaughter, whipping, debacle - a sound defeat waterloo - a final crushing defeat; "he met his waterloo" whitewash - a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score
	2.	licking - the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows whacking, beating, drubbing, thrashing, trouncing, lacing corporal punishment - the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime flogging, lashing, whipping, flagellation, tanning - beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment flagellation - beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation

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licking

noun

1. defeat, beating, pasting (slang), trouncing, drubbing They gave us a hell of a licking.

2. thrashing, beating, hiding (informal), whipping, tanning (slang), flogging, spanking, drubbing If Dad came home and found us, we could expect a licking.

Translations

licking [ˈlɪkɪŋ] N

1. → lamedura f

2. → paliza f
to give sb a licking → dar una paliza a algn

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licking [ˈlɪkɪŋ] n (= defeat) → raclée f >

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licking

n (inf) (= beating) → Tracht f → Prügel; (= defeat) → Niederlage f; to give somebody a licking (= beating) → jdm eine Abreibung geben (inf); (= defeat) → jdn in die Pfanne hauen (inf)

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licking [ˈlɪkɪŋ] n (fam) (beating) → pestata, botte fpl; (defeat) → batosta

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licking [ˈlɪkɪŋ] n (fam) (beating) → pestata, botte fpl; (defeat) → batosta

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licking

n licking [ˈlikiŋ]

(informal)

1 a beating as a punishment. pak kry جَلْد، ضَرْب بالسَّوْط бой nářez, výprask prygl; tæsk die Schläge ραβδισμός paliza keretäis شلاق زنی selkäsauna raclée מַכּוֹת पिटाई batine verés hukuman pukulan botte （罰として）たたくこと 매질하기 pyla pēriens pukulan atau sebatan sebagai hukuman pak slaag juling dostać cięgi взбучка výprask batinanje porcija batina stryk, smörj การตี dayak, kötek 鞭打 лупцювання; прочухан پٹائی đánh 鞭打

2 a humiliating defeat in a sports competition. lelik pak kry هَزيمَه пердах nakládačka, porážka tæsk die Niederlage συντριπτική ήττα (π.χ. σε αγώνα) paliza lüüasaamine شکست rökäletappio déculottée תְּבוּסָה पराजय sramotan poraz vereség kekalahan memalukan batosta 敗北 패배 þeminantis pralaimëjimas, sutriuðkinimas sakāve kalah nederlaag knusende nederlag dostać baty разгром zdrvujúca porážka velik poraz težak poraz stryk การถูกเอาชนะจนหน้าเสีย ağır yenilgi 慘敗 поразка کھیل کے مقابلوں میں کراری شکست sự đánh bại 惨败