DictionaryAI

licked

SayLIKT/lɪkt/

3 meanings of licked

Practice

  1. 1
    verb
    Simple past and past participle of lick. Use this form for something that already happened or after "have."

    The dog licked the plate clean after dinner.

    She licked the stamp and pressed it onto the envelope.

    Note
  2. 2
    adjective
    Wet or marked because a tongue has touched it.

    The licked envelope wouldn't stick down properly.

    The puppy left a licked spot on the window glass.

  3. 3
    adjectiveslang
    Completely beaten and unable to win.

    After three losses in a row, the team felt licked.

    After hours of arguing with her, I knew I was licked.

    Similarbeaten, defeated, whipped, vanquished, finished

    Oppositevictorious, triumphant, unbeaten, undefeated

    Note

licked is a form of lick

lick, verb: To move your tongue across the surface of something. Full entry

Forms
licklicks he/she/itlicking -ing formlicked past tense, past participle
Spelling
lick → licked: add -ed
Sound
The ending sounds like /t/.

Practice

Can you tell the meanings of licked apart? Answer 4 quick questions from this page, or write your own sentence and AI will check it.