licker

L1I1C3K5E1R1
US/ˈlɪkɚ/

noun

Someone or something that licks.

OriginMiddle English likkere →
UncommonScrabble 12
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Meanings

licker1

nounlicker (plural lickers)

plural lickers

  1. Someone or something that licks.

    […] and enjoy wide-open views of St. Kilda beach and its passing parade of in-line skaters, skateboarders, dog walkers, and ice-cream lickers.

    2019, Fodor's Essential Australia
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    When the back of the stamp is licked the first result is to leave on the tongue of the licker an unpleasant coating which demands the instant application of water to wash it off.

    1913 March 20, The Sun, Sydney, page 6, column 6

licker2

nounlicker (countable and uncountable, plural lickers)

plural lickers

  1. countablepronunciation spellinguncountableEye dialect spelling of liquor.

Origin

licker · noun

  1. Middle Englishlikkere
  2. Englishlicker

From Middle English likkere, lykkare, equivalent to lick + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Läkker, Dutch likker, German Low German Licker, German Lecker.

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licker · noun

See liquor.

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Translations

Finnish nuolija
  • nuolijasomeone or something that licks
French lécheur, lécheuse
  • lécheursomeone or something that licks
  • lécheusesomeone or something that licks
German Lecker, Leckerin
  • Leckersomeone or something that licks
  • Leckerinsomeone or something that licks
Russian лизу́н, лизу́нья
  • лизу́н (lizún)someone or something that licks
  • лизу́нья (lizúnʹja)someone or something that licks
Swedish slickare
  • slickaresomeone or something that licks
Yiddish לעקער, לעקערקע
  • לעקער (leker)someone or something that licks
  • לעקערקע (lekerke)someone or something that licks

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with licker

stickerliquortickerwickerkickerpickervicarflickerclickerslickersnickersickerbrickerdickerbickerknickertrickerwhickerficcerickerprickershickersmicker
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Sounds the same

liquorliquor

Anagrams

ElrickRickelricklerelick
Cite this entry
APA

licker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/licker

MLA

“licker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/licker. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “licker,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/licker.

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