tongue bath

plural tongue baths · alternative tonguebath

1. A sexual licking of another's body.

   If you try giving or receiving a tongue bath, you will notice that it seldom gets completed.

   2005, Jack Rinella, Becoming a Slave: The Theory and Practice of Voluntary Servitude, Rinella Editorial Services

2. Sycophantic or obsequious praise.

   It’s possible that Trump meant to include the URL of Goodwin’s tongue-bath of an article instead of his email address.

   2017, Matthew Dessem, “Donald Trump Tweets About His “Enormously Consensual Presidency”, in Slate

3. The cleansing of fur by licking, as practised by dogs, cats, etc.

   Tongue baths do more for cats than help keep them clean.

   2012, Dawn Cusick, Animal Tongues