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Licking Licking is the action (philosophy), action of passing the tongue over a surface, typically either to deposit saliva onto the surface, or to collect liquid, food or minerals onto the tongue for ingestion, or to animal communication, communicate w ...

, the action of passing the tongue over a surface

Places

Lick (crater) Lick is a lunar impact crater that has been flooded with basaltic lava. This crater was named in memory of James Lick, a Californian philanthropist. The north rim is attached to the smaller, bowl-shaped crater Greaves. Lick lies on the southw ...

, a crater on the Moon named after James Lick *

1951 Lick 1951 Lick, provisional designation , is a rare-type asteroid and Mars-crosser, approximately 5.6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 26 July 1949, by American astronomer Carl Wirtanen at Lick Observatory on the summit of Mount Hamilto ...

, an asteroid named after James Lick *

Lick Township, Jackson County, Ohio Lick Township is one of the twelve townships of Jackson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, 2,600 people lived in the township. Geography Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships: * Coal Township ...

, United States

People

Lick (surname) Lick is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Dennis Lick Dennis Allan Lick (born April 26, 1954) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle for the Chicago Bears. Lick played six seasons w ...

, people with "Lick" as a surname **

Dennis Lick Dennis Allan Lick (born April 26, 1954) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle for the Chicago Bears. Lick played six seasons with the Bears from 1976 to 1981. He was signed out of the University of W ...

(born 1954), American professional football lineman **

James Lick James Lick (August 25, 1796 – October 1, 1876) was an American real estate investor, carpenter, piano builder, land baron, and patron of the sciences. The wealthiest man in California at the time of his death, Lick left the majority of his es ...

(1796–1876), American carpenter, land baron, and patron of the sciences *

J. C. R. Licklider Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider (; March 11, 1915 – June 26, 1990), known simply as J. C. R. or "Lick", was an American psychologistMiller, G. A. (1991), "J. C. R. Licklider, psychologist", ''Journal of the Acoustical Society of Am ...

(1915–1990), American computer scientist, nicknamed "Lick"

Music

* ''Lick'' (album), by The Lemonheads * Lick (band), an American band, fl. 1990s *

Lick (music) In popular music genres such as country, blues, jazz or rock music, a lick is "a stock pattern or phrase" consisting of a short series of notes used in solos and melodic lines and accompaniment. For musicians, learning a lick is usually a fo ...

, a short phrase, or series of notes, often improvised by a musician **

The Lick "The Lick" is a lick (music), lick (a stock musical phrase) that has been used in numerous jazz and pop music, pop songs and several classical music, classical compositions, to the point that it has been described as "the most famous jazz cli ...

, a jazz lick, commonly known as 'The Lick' * "Lick" (Joi song), 2002 * "Lick" (Shenseea and Megan Thee Stallion song), 2022

Nature

Lick (stream) A lick is a small watercourse or an ephemeral stream. It ranks hydrologically between a rill and a stream A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geog ...

, a small or ephemeral stream *

Salt lick A mineral lick (also known as a salt lick) is a place where animals can go to lick essential mineral nutrients from a deposit of salts and other minerals. Mineral licks can be naturally occurring or artificial (such as blocks of salt that far ...

, a salt deposit that animals regularly lick

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Lick's Homeburgers Lick's Homeburgers & Ice Cream was a Canadian restaurant chain, owned by Lick's Concepts, Inc., a private company. The first Lick's opened in 1980, operated by Denise Meehan, who then turned the concept into a franchise in 1984. At its height in 2 ...

, a Canadian restaurant chain *

Lick Observatory The Lick Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the University of California. It is on the summit of Mount Hamilton (California), Mount Hamilton, in the Diablo Range just east of San Jose, California, United States. The ...

, an astronomical observatory in California named after James Lick * ''

The Lick with Trevor Nelson ''The Lick'', also known as ''The Lick with Trevor Nelson'', is a music television show that features interviews and music videos from selected artists presented by Trevor Nelson on MTV Europe. The show focuses on rhythm and blues, hip-hop, soul, ...

'', a British music television show presented by Trevor Nelson

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