licker
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licker¹
- /ˈlɪkɚ/ US
Sounds like liquor · Rhymes with -ɪkə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English likkere, lykkare, equivalent to lick + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Läkker, Dutch likker, German Low German Licker, German Lecker.
noun lickers
- Someone or something that licks. 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.
licker²
- /ˈlɪkɚ/ US
Sounds like liquor · Rhymes with -ɪkə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
See liquor.
noun lickers
- Eye dialect spelling of liquor.liquor
