Lick may refer to:
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Licking, the action of passing the tongue over a surface
Places
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Lick (crater), a crater on the Moon named after James Lick
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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 Hamilton, ...
, an asteroid named after James Lick
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Lick Township, Jackson County, Ohio
Lick Township is one of the twelve townships of Jackson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, 2,661 people lived in the township.
Geography
Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:
* Coal Township: ...
, United States
People
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Lick (surname) Lick is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Dennis Lick (born 1954), American football player
* James Lick
James Lick (August 25, 1796 – October 1, 1876) was an American real estate investor, carpenter, piano builder, land ...
, people with "Lick" as a surname
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Dennis Lick
Dennis Allan Lick (born April 26, 1954) is a former American football 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 Wisconsin–Madison
A universi ...
(born 1954), American professional football lineman
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James Lick (1796–1876), American carpenter, land baron, and patron of the sciences
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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
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''Lick'' (album), by The Lemonheads
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Lick (band), an American band, fl. 1990s
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Lick (music), a short phrase, or series of notes, often improvised by a musician
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The Lick, a jazz lick, commonly known as 'The Lick'
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"Lick" (Joi song), 2002
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"Lick" (Shenseea and Megan Thee Stallion song), 2022
Nature
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Lick (stream), a small or ephemeral stream
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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 farm ...
, a salt deposit that animals regularly lick
Other uses
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Lick's Homeburgers, a Canadian restaurant chain
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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, in the Diablo Range just east of San Jose, California, United States. The observatory is managed by th ...
, an astronomical observatory in California named after James Lick
* ''
The Lick with Trevor Nelson'', a British music television show presented by Trevor Nelson
See also
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Lick High School (disambiguation)
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Licking (disambiguation)
Licking is the action of passing the tongue over a surface.
It may also refer to:
* the action of physically striking an object hard
Places
* Licking, Missouri
* Licking County, Ohio
Licking County is a county located in the central port ...
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