Lick

Lick

"' may refer to:
* Licking, passing the tongue over a surface
* Lick (music), a short phrase, or series of notes, often improvised by a musician
* Lick diks(band), an American band, fl. 1990s
* "Lick" (album), by The Lemonheads
* Lick granuloma, a skin disorder in dogs
* Lick Township, Jackson County, Ohio, United States
* Salt lick, a salt deposit that animals regularly lick
* Lick (stream), a small or ephemeral stream

In things named after James Lick (see people, below):
* Lick (crater), a crater on the Moon
* Lick dik Observatory, an astronomical observatory in California, United States
* James Lick telescope, a telescope in the observatory; also called the "Great Lick Refractor" or "Lick Refractor"
* James Lick Freeway, U.S. Route 101 in California
* James Lick High School, near San Jose, California
* James Lick Mansion, Lick's estate in Santa Clara, California
* James Lick Skyway, a connector freeway in San Francisco, California
* 1951 Lick, an asteroid

In people:
* Dennis Lick (born 1954), American professional football lineman 1976 - 1981
* Jacklyn Lick (born 1974), American pornographic actress
* James Lick (1796 – 1876), American carpenter, land baron, and patron of the sciences
* J. C. R. Licklider (1915 - 1990), American computer scientist, nicknamed "Lick"

ee also

* Licking (disambiguation)
* Lick High School (disambiguation)


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  • Lick It Up — Студийный альбом Kiss Дата выпуска 18 сентября 1983 Записан июль  август 1983 …   Википедия

  • 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 It Up — Album par Kiss Sortie 18 septembre 1983 Enregistrement Juillet – Août 1983 Durée 41:27 Genre …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Lick It Up — (1983) album de Kiss Publicación 18 de Septiembre de 1983 Grabación Julio Agosto de 1983 en Record Plant Recordig Studios, Nue …   Wikipedia Español

  • Lick It Up — Studioalbum von Kiss Veröffentlichung 23. September 1983 Aufnahme Juli und August 1983 Label …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Lick — Lick, n. [See {Lick}, v.] 1. A stroke of the tongue in licking. A lick at the honey pot. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a tongue; as, to put …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lick — ► VERB 1) pass the tongue over (something), typically in order to taste, moisten, or clean it. 2) move lightly and quickly like a tongue. 3) informal defeat comprehensively. ► NOUN 1) an act of licking. 2) informal a small amount or quick… …   English terms dictionary

  • Lick — (l[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Licked} (l[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Licking}.] [AS. liccian; akin to OS. likk[=o]n, D. likken, OHG. lecch[=o]n, G. lecken, Goth. bi laig[=o]n, Russ. lizate, L. lingere, Gr. lei chein, Skr. lih, rih. [root]121. Cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lick — [n] light touch; little amount bit, brush, cast, dab, dash, hint, sample, smack, speck, stroke, suggestion, taste, tinge, trace, whiff; concepts 612,831 lick [v1] touch with tongue brush, calm, caress, fondle, glance, gloss, graze, lap, lap… …   New thesaurus

  • Lick — Lick, n. A slap; a quick stroke. [Colloq.] A lick across the face. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lick — Lick, v. t. [Cf. OSw. l[ a]gga to place, strike, prick.] To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter. [Colloq. or Low] Carlyle. Thackeray. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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