lick clean

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lick clean

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From lick + clean.

verb licks clean · licking clean · licked clean

  1. transitive To empty (something) by eating its contents.

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verb empty by eating contents

Deutschauslecken
Русскийвыли́зывать vylízyvatʹ, вы́лизать výlizatʹ

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"lick clean." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lick%20clean. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{lick_clean_2026,
  title = {lick clean},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lick%20clean},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}