Lick vs. Riff

Licknoun

The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue.

Licknoun

The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.

Licknoun

A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue.

Licknoun

A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.

Licknoun

A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream.

Licknoun

(colloquial) A stroke or blow.

Licknoun

(colloquial) A small amount; a whit.

Licknoun

(informal) An attempt at something.

Licknoun

(music) A short motif.

Licknoun

(informal) A rate of speed. Always qualified by good, fair, or a similar adjective.

Licknoun

(slang) An act of cunnilingus.

Lickverb

(transitive) To stroke with the tongue.

Lickverb

(transitive) To lap; to take in with the tongue.

Lickverb

(colloquial) To beat with repeated blows.

Lickverb

(colloquial) To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight.

Lickverb

(colloquial) To overcome.

Lickverb

To perform cunnilingus.

Lickverb

(colloquial) To do anything partially.

Lickverb

(of flame, waves etc.) To lap.

Lickverb

To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand.

Lickverb

To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk.

Lickverb

To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter.

Licknoun

A stroke of the tongue in licking.

Licknoun

A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a tongue; as, to put on colors with a lick of the brush. Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied.

Licknoun

A place where salt is found on the surface of the earth, to which wild animals resort to lick it up; - often, but not always, near salt springs. Called also salt lick.

Licknoun

A slap; a quick stroke.

Licknoun

a salt deposit that animals regularly lick

Licknoun

touching with the tongue;

Licknoun

(boxing) a blow with the fist;

Lickverb

beat thoroughly in a competition or fight;

Lickverb

pass the tongue over;

Lickverb

find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of;

Lickverb

take up with the tongue;

Riffnoun

The belly; the bowels.

Riffnoun

A repeated instrumental melody line in a song.

Riffnoun

A clever or witty remark.

Riffnoun

A variation on something.

Riffnoun

A spoof.

Riffverb

To improvise in the performance or practice of an art, especially by expanding on or making novel use of traditional themes.

Riffverb

To riffle.

Riffnoun

a Berber living in northern Morocco

Riffnoun

a jazz ostinato; usually provides a background for a solo improvisation

Riffverb

look through a book or other written material;

Riffverb

play riffs

Riffnoun

a short repeated phrase in popular music and jazz, typically used as an introduction or refrain in a song

Riffnoun

a monologue or spoken improvisation, especially a humorous one, on a particular subject

Riffverb

play riffs

Riffverb

perform a monologue or spoken improvisation on a particular subject