单词 | to lick it |
释义 | > as lemmasto lick it 7. slang (originally dialect: widespread outside the U.K.). intransitive. To run, ride, or move at full speed. Also in the U.S., to lick it. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > move swiftly [verb (intransitive)] lakeOE flyOE runOE scour13.. jace1393 hie1398 spina1400 fleetc1400 glentc1400 stripc1400 suea1450 carryc1450 speed1488 scud1532 streek1598 winga1616 to clip it1616 hackney1617 swifta1618 whirryc1630 dust1673 whew1684 race1702 stroke1735 cut1797 spank1807 skid1815 speela1818 crack1824 skimmer1824 slap1827 clip1832 skeet1838 marvel1841 lick1850 travel1850 rush1852 zip1852 sail1876 rabbit1887 move1906 high-tail1908 to ball the jack1914 buzz1914 shift1922 giddap1938 burn1942 hoosh1943 bomb1966 shred1977 1850 L. H. Garrard Wah-to-Yah i. 16 The mad animal..charged. How they did ‘lick it’ over the ground! 1856 J. Collie Poems 124 Sae aff gaed Death what he cou'd lick. 1886 Outing Dec. 198/1 He'd nothin' ter do but ter lick it like blazes, with the little dog a-follerin' along. 1889 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xxi A horseman..rattled down the stony track as hard as he could lick. 1903 J. Lumsden Toorle iv. i. 76 Jock! lick awa' in, an' blaw up. 1947 ‘A. P. Gaskell’ Big Game 80 He sped her [sc. a car] along. Boy, she can lick. 1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 169 As hard as one can lick, as fast as one can go. To lick along, to go fast. 1966 W. S. Ramson Austral. Eng. iv. 65 To lick, meaning ‘to travel fast’ and common in..as hard as one can lick. < as lemmas |
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