lick off

lick off

1. To remove something by lapping it up with one's tongue. A noun or pronoun can be used between "lick" and "off." The animal licked the dirt and blood off its young. We sat licking ice cream off our hands in the hot summer sun.
2. vulgar slang To bring a woman to orgasm by performing cunnilingus. A noun or pronoun can be used between "lick" and "off."
See also: lick, off
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

lick something off (of) something

 and lick something off
to remove something from something by licking with the tongue. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) The dog licked the grease off of the floor where the meat had dropped. The dog licked off the grease.
See also: lick, off
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • base off (of) (something else)
  • check off
  • bite off
  • blow off
  • blow someone/something off
  • blow off the map
  • brass off
  • brass someone off
  • brassed off
  • call off
References in periodicals archive
Be sure to ask to have them tossed in ''crack'' -- a garlicky pepper blend that you'll want to lick off your fingers.
The dogs enjoy the two spreads, which are smeared on to their toys for them to lick off, not only providing a treat, but also a way to keep their minds active.
Unpredictable, sometimes harrowing tale of a young couple fighting for their lives amid countryside peril may lick off auds looking for a standard-issue genre ride.
Sexy singer Robin Von Blitz gets his groupies to lick off his sweat.
They lick off the chocolate and leave the coconut all over the loft floor, then race through it, skid into the trap and ...
But my boyfriend and I didn't know we were supposed to heat it up first, so it was very hard to lick off.
Five years ago, the prevailing philosophy of anticoagulation was for patients to "take 40 mg of aspirin and a lick off a warfarin tablet per day and don't do any monitoring," according to Dr.
They also no longer lick off the excess urine from the gland.
"We did it because we're proud of Double Rainbow and, as owners, stand behind all of our products." The brand was twice voted best ice cream in the USA in the Grand National Lick Off.
Cats living in a smoker's home are twice as likely to develop certain types of cancer as they will lick off the cancerforming chemicals from their coats.
"The most common ailments we see during this holiday are cats with burns on their paws and tails from swatting at the flickering flames and cats with horrible chemical burns on their tongues caused by lapping up essential oils from potpourri containers that spilled on their coats and they attempt to lick off," says Dr.
One course consisted of herb-scented aspic, stencilled onto a tile in the shape of a spine which diners were expected to lick off.
Hades also had visible sores on his nose and mouth from trying to clean himself and lick off whatever had caused the damage."
We visit the cows in the fields and my party trick is to sit down on the grass and see how long it takes for the cows to lick off my hat!
Apply a bit of cheese spread or peanut butter to the inside front of the muzzle for your dog to lick off. Well-fitting, comfortable basket muzzles can be obtained from www.morrco.com.