Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

licking one's lips

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables
lick-ing one's lips
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of lick one's lips

Questions

What does licking one's lips mean?
present participle and gerund of lick one's lips

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