The Lick

A cliche jazz phrase often used in II-V-I progressions and has become a joke among jazz musicians.

Dude, you quoted "the lick" so many times in your solo!

by DJONTY DJENTLEMAN February 7, 2017

the lick

Phrase the was popularized in the seventies (continuing in limited use through the eighties) that meant "the stuff" , i.e., the best-of-the-best of an given category.

Man, that new caddy is the lick.

by Chill Will September 11, 2003

the Lick an dip

The lick an dip is when a horny ass fuck jumps into a whores sweaty meat flaps and goes to town sucking it dry. He then gets sucked up by that vacuum cleaner and burned alive by all her std and aids. Which slowly digest him to make a musk for her people eaters.

Kuntakinte: Thinking about doing the lick an dip
Gunta: Fuck that shit!You wanna be a musk?!

by goochy goochy February 22, 2018

The Lick Maneuver

the manual application of sudden upward pressure with ones tongue on the upper abdomen of a choking victim to force a foreign object from the trachea

Hurry we need to perform the lick maneuver!

by TheDIL September 12, 2025

hit the lick

To rob someone or take something from someone else to improve your standard of living

Ayo let's hit the lick and come up on this nigga

by Savage tooth April 20, 2016

see what the lick read

To get a sense/understanding of what something is

There a a opportunity to make some quick cash but first you check it out to make sure its good for business. You gotta see what the lick read

by bigsouljaeli November 5, 2017

WHAT THE LICK READ

"how are ya doing" a salutation

calvin ax me what the lick read this morning and i said "what"?

by shannonf October 28, 2007