licker

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪkɚ/
• Homophone: liquor
• Rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

licker (plural lickers)

1. Someone or something that licks.
   • 1913 March 20, The Sun, Sydney, page 6, column 6:

     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.

   • 2019, Fodor's Essential Australia:

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

Derived terms

• arse-licker
• ass-licker
• bootlicker
• clam licker
• footlicker
• licker-in
• rat-licker
• rock licker
• snicker licker
• window licker

 

Translations

someone or something that licks

Finnish: nuolija (fi) French: lécheur (fr) m, lécheuse (fr) f German: Lecker (de) m, Leckerin f Kurdish: Central Kurdish: لێسەر (lêser) Russian: лизу́н (ru) m (lizún), лизу́нья (ru) f (lizúnʹja) Swedish: slickare (sv) c Yiddish: לעקער m (leker), לעקערקע f (lekerke)

Etymology 2

See liquor.

Noun

licker (countable and uncountable, plural lickers)

1. Eye dialect spelling of liquor.

Anagrams

• Rickel, ickler, relick, rickle