Antonyms for licking
ˈlɪk ɪŋlick·ing

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1. • Corporal Punishment
   • Ending
   • Failure

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1. defeat, lickingnoun

   an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest

   "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"

   Synonyms:
   thrashing, trouncing, frustration, whacking, drubbing, defeat, beating, lacing

2. beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whackingnoun

   the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

   Synonyms:
   thrashing, trouncing, walloping, debacle, whacking, drubbing, whipping, beating, defeat, lacing, lace, slaughter

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1. lickingnoun

   Synonyms:
   flogging, chastisement, castigation, punishment, thrashing, whipping

How to use licking in a sentence?

1. Michele Berdy:

   It's also this sort of 'man's man,' slipping into foul language, and always putting somebody down, making fun of somebody, like the Turks licking the Americans. It's insulting and it's putting down the Turks and the Americans in the process.

2. Tim Howard:

   When Alex Ferguson left I think there was a lot of people probably in the media( licking their) chops, excited for and looking for the slaughter that was about to come -- that was impending because unless the next manager came in and was absolutely perfect that was what was going to happen, david Moyes is one hell of a tough character. If anyone can withstand that and brush it off and move on it's David Moyes.

3. Jim Acosta:

   While Donald Trump's still licking Donald Trump wounds down in Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump poses a threat to this country, this is not a time to put away our fact checkers in some sort of box on a shelf. They're going to be needed to fact-check this movement. Donald Trump may be going away, but Donald Trump is not.

4. Proverb:

   The open secret to fast growing and becoming the functional head in the private company is to do the boot-licking of the boss.

5. Monday Graham:

   This impulsive decision by the President has undone all the gains we've made, thrown the region into further chaos. Iran is licking their chops. And if I'm Monday Graham I've got a second lease on life. So to those who think ISIS has been defeated you will soon see.

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