noun
Meaning 1
Someone or something that licks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
licker
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˈlɪkɚ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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homophone: liquor
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rhymes with -ɪkə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: L IH1 K ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Eye dialect spelling of liquor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, countable, pronunciation-spelling, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English likkere, lykkare, equivalent to lick + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Läkker, Dutch likker, German Low German Licker, German Lecker.
See liquor.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: nuolija — someone or something that licks
- French: lécheur — someone or something that licks
- French: lécheuse — someone or something that licks
- German: Lecker — someone or something that licks
- German: Leckerin — someone or something that licks
- Central Kurdish: لێسەر (lêser) — someone or something that licks
- Russian: лизу́н (lizún) — someone or something that licks
- Russian: лизу́нья (lizúnʹja) — someone or something that licks
- Swedish: slickare — someone or something that licks
- Yiddish: לעקער (leker) — someone or something that licks
- Yiddish: לעקערקע (lekerke) — someone or something that licks