What is "licking" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "licking": an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest

Noun

Meaning of "licking": the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

Noun

Synonyms:

whipping, lashing, drubbing, thrashing, annihilation, bashing, flogging, defeat, whipping, repulse, conquest, setback, check, trashing, blow, drubbing, ruin, ambush, overthrow, beating, trimming, breakdown, collapse, massacre, slaughter, killing, break, failure, discomfiture, fall, rebuff, destruction, count, loss, reverse, embarrassment, mastery, thrashing, extermination, annihilation, debacle, trap, rout, triumph, defeasance, vanquishment, whitewashing, scalping, whaling, lacing, trouncing, paddling, KO, waxing, subjugation, shellacking, downthrow, insuccess, nonsuccess,

Antonyms:

forfeit, loss, surrender, achievement, boon, success, building, victory, win, accomplishment, yielding, good fortune, construction, creation, rise,