licked

comparative more licked · superlative most licked

1. Having been the target of a lick; touched by a tongue.

   But the mineral-rich blood is what gives the stew its ballast and faintly metallic hint of a licked knife.

   2018 March 12, Ligaya Mishan, “Filipino Food Finds a Place in the American Mainstream”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2023

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   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.

   2021 December 29, Rachel Gutman-Wei, “A Very Radical, Very Delicious Take on Risk Management”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2022

2. slangUtterly beaten.

   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.

   2021 April 26, Andrew Sparrow, quoting Boris Johnson, “UK Covid: Boris Johnson 'corrupting standards of public life', says Labour's Rachel Reeves – as it happened”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Dec 2022

   Synonyms: conquered, overcome, vanquished, foiled, beaten, bested, broken, confounded

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of lick