licked
/lɪkt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of lick
Example Sentences
- "But the mineral-rich blood is what gives the stew its ballast and faintly metallic hint of a licked knife."
- "The CDC estimates that one in six Americans gets a foodborne disease every year. And you know what? I'm probably two or three of them. I can't remember a time in my life before I licked the beaters clean. Tempting a stomachache for the sweet, gritty satisfaction of a licked beater has always been a game of roulette that I'm willing to play."
- "The numbers of deaths, the number of hospitalisations, are currently very low. That doesn't mean that we have got it totally licked, it doesn't mean that Covid is over."
Usage
Inflected Forms
more licked (comparative)
most licked (superlative)